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Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence?
Chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and disorders are common in children with autism spectrum disorder and have been shown to be significantly correlated with the degree of behavioral and cognitive impairment. In this unique population, GI symptoms often arise very early in development, during in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34631464 http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v11.i9.605 |
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description | Chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and disorders are common in children with autism spectrum disorder and have been shown to be significantly correlated with the degree of behavioral and cognitive impairment. In this unique population, GI symptoms often arise very early in development, during infancy or toddlerhood, and may be misdiagnosed - or not diagnosed at all – due in part to the challenges associated with recognition of symptoms in a minimally or non-communicative child. Evidence demonstrating that the gut-brain-axis can communicate gut dysbiosis and systemic immune dysregulation in a bidirectional manner raises the question as to whether an untreated gastrointestinal disorder can directly impact neurodevelopment or, conversely, whether having a neurodevelopmental disorder predisposes a child to chronic GI issues. From the data presented in this mini review, we conclude that the preponderance of available evidence would suggest the former scenario is more strongly supported. |
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spelling | pubmed-84749962021-10-08 Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence? Krigsman, Arthur Walker, Stephen J World J Psychiatry Minireviews Chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and disorders are common in children with autism spectrum disorder and have been shown to be significantly correlated with the degree of behavioral and cognitive impairment. In this unique population, GI symptoms often arise very early in development, during infancy or toddlerhood, and may be misdiagnosed - or not diagnosed at all – due in part to the challenges associated with recognition of symptoms in a minimally or non-communicative child. Evidence demonstrating that the gut-brain-axis can communicate gut dysbiosis and systemic immune dysregulation in a bidirectional manner raises the question as to whether an untreated gastrointestinal disorder can directly impact neurodevelopment or, conversely, whether having a neurodevelopmental disorder predisposes a child to chronic GI issues. From the data presented in this mini review, we conclude that the preponderance of available evidence would suggest the former scenario is more strongly supported. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8474996/ /pubmed/34631464 http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v11.i9.605 Text en ©The Author(s) 2021. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Minireviews Krigsman, Arthur Walker, Stephen J Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence? |
title | Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence? |
title_full | Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence? |
title_fullStr | Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence? |
title_full_unstemmed | Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence? |
title_short | Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence? |
title_sort | gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: etiology or consequence? |
topic | Minireviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474996/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34631464 http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v11.i9.605 |
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