Increased Risks of Congenital, Neurologic, and Endocrine Disorders Associated with Autism in Preschool Children: Cognitive Ability Differences

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Chuan Yu ^a,b   Chen, Kuang Hung ^a   Liu, Chieh Yu ^c   Huang, Su Ling ^a   Lin, Keh Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOPATHY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DYSGENESIS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; URBAN AREA;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 60549112736     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.09.043     Document Type: Article

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