A Descriptive Study on the Neonatal Morbidity Profile of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Including a Comparison with Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2429-2442

  Atladottir H O ^a   Schendel, D E ^a,b   Parner, E T ^a   Henriksen, T B ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autism; CP; Epilepsy; Hyperkinetic disorder; Intellectual disability; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84937974089     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2408-7     Document Type: Article

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