A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

The aims of the current study were to examine whether early growth abnormalities are (a) comparable in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other childhood psychiatric disorders, and (b) specific to the brain or generalized to the whole body. Head circumference, height, and weight were measured durin...

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Autores principales: Rommelse, Nanda N. J., Peters, Cindy T. R., Oosterling, Iris J., Visser, Janne C., Bons, Daniëlle, van Steijn, Daphne J., Draaisma, Jos, van der Gaag, Rutger-Jan, Buitelaar, Jan. K.
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Publicado: Springer US 2010
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3005115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20428954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1026-7
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author Rommelse, Nanda N. J.
Peters, Cindy T. R.
Oosterling, Iris J.
Visser, Janne C.
Bons, Daniëlle
van Steijn, Daphne J.
Draaisma, Jos
van der Gaag, Rutger-Jan
Buitelaar, Jan. K.
author_facet Rommelse, Nanda N. J.
Peters, Cindy T. R.
Oosterling, Iris J.
Visser, Janne C.
Bons, Daniëlle
van Steijn, Daphne J.
Draaisma, Jos
van der Gaag, Rutger-Jan
Buitelaar, Jan. K.
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description The aims of the current study were to examine whether early growth abnormalities are (a) comparable in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other childhood psychiatric disorders, and (b) specific to the brain or generalized to the whole body. Head circumference, height, and weight were measured during the first 19 months of life in 129 children with ASD and 59 children with non-ASD psychiatric disorders. Both groups showed comparable abnormal patterns of growth compared to population norms, especially regarding height and head circumference in relation to height. Thus abnormal growth appears to be related to psychiatric disorders in general and is mainly expressed as an accelerated growth of height not matched by an increase in weight or head circumference.
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spelling pubmed-30051152011-01-19 A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders Rommelse, Nanda N. J. Peters, Cindy T. R. Oosterling, Iris J. Visser, Janne C. Bons, Daniëlle van Steijn, Daphne J. Draaisma, Jos van der Gaag, Rutger-Jan Buitelaar, Jan. K. J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper The aims of the current study were to examine whether early growth abnormalities are (a) comparable in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other childhood psychiatric disorders, and (b) specific to the brain or generalized to the whole body. Head circumference, height, and weight were measured during the first 19 months of life in 129 children with ASD and 59 children with non-ASD psychiatric disorders. Both groups showed comparable abnormal patterns of growth compared to population norms, especially regarding height and head circumference in relation to height. Thus abnormal growth appears to be related to psychiatric disorders in general and is mainly expressed as an accelerated growth of height not matched by an increase in weight or head circumference. Springer US 2010-04-29 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3005115/ /pubmed/20428954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1026-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
spellingShingle Original Paper
Rommelse, Nanda N. J.
Peters, Cindy T. R.
Oosterling, Iris J.
Visser, Janne C.
Bons, Daniëlle
van Steijn, Daphne J.
Draaisma, Jos
van der Gaag, Rutger-Jan
Buitelaar, Jan. K.
A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
title A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
title_full A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
title_fullStr A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
title_full_unstemmed A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
title_short A Pilot Study of Abnormal Growth in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
title_sort pilot study of abnormal growth in autism spectrum disorders and other childhood psychiatric disorders
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3005115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20428954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1026-7
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