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Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at risk for excess bodyweight and hypertension, yet the prevalence of and clinical predictors for these health conditions remain unknown.
Robyn P. Thom +5 more
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Autism spectrum disorders are characterised by severe deficits in socialisation, communication, and repetitive or unusual behaviours. Increases over time in the frequency of these disorders (to present rates of about 60 cases per 10,000 children) might be attributable to factors such as new administrative classifications, policy and practice changes ...
Susan E, Levy +2 more
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Analysis of common genetic variation and rare CNVs in the Australian Autism Biobank
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition whose biological basis is yet to be elucidated. The Australian Autism Biobank (AAB) is an initiative of the Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC)
Chloe X. Yap +33 more
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The Neurochemistry of Autism [PDF]
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to complex neurobehavioral and neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior or interests, and altered sensory processing.
Rosa Marotta +6 more
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Friend matters: sex differences in social language during autism diagnostic interviews
Background Autistic individuals frequently experience social communication challenges. Girls are diagnosed with autism less often than boys even when their symptoms are equally severe, which may be due to insufficient understanding of the way autism ...
Meredith Cola +11 more
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Environmental pre-requisites and social interchange : the participation experience of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in Zurich [PDF]
Aim: Participation of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder hardly occurs in settings outside of home and school. Little is known about how their participation is influenced by environmental factors.
Beurskens, Anna +4 more
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Sex differences in social and emotional insight in youth with and without autism
Autism was formally recognized by the medical community in the first half of the twentieth century. Almost 100 years later, a small but growing literature has reported sex differences in the behavioral expression of autism. Recent research has also begun
Hunter Mattern +9 more
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Clinical trial of insulin-like growth factor-1 in Phelan-McDermid syndrome
Background Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS) is caused by haploinsufficiency of the SHANK3 gene and is characterized by global developmental delays and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
A. Kolevzon +10 more
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Background Intranasal administration of oxytocin is increasingly explored as a new approach to facilitate social development and reduce disability associated with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Nicky Daniels +9 more
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Sex differences in the first impressions made by girls and boys with autism
Background Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by social communication challenges and repetitive behaviors that may be quickly detected by experts (Autism Res 10:653–62, 2017; American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and
Meredith L. Cola +9 more
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