Prenatal, perinatal and neonatal risk factors of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A comprehensive epidemiological assessment from India

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3004-3013

  Mamidala, Madhu Poornima ^a   Polinedi, Anupama ^a   P T V , Praveen Kumar ^a   Rajesh, N ^a   Vallamkonda, OmSai Ramesh ^b   Udani, Vrajesh ^c   Singhal, Nidhi ^d   Rajesh, Vidya ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped   (India)

^c P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Action for Autism   (India)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; India; Neonatal; Perinatal; Prenatal; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN PERIOD; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ASD; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CARS; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS IV; DSMIV; ICD-10; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES-10; NEONATAL; ODDS RATIO; OR; P; PERINATAL; PRENATAL; PROBABILITY VALUE; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTS; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880277532     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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