Care of the patient with an autism spectrum disorder by the general physician

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1042, 2012, Pages 472-481

  Venkat, Arvind ^a   Jauch, Edward ^b   Russell, William Scott ^b   Crist, Candace Roman ^a   Farell, Robert ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SECRETIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; APPETITE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CATATONIA; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUTEN FREE DIET; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INJURY; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL PATIENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOMNOLENCE; STEREOTYPY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TIC; TREMOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISPERIDONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84864075948     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130727     Document Type: Review

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