Prospective Longitudinal Studies of Infant Siblings of Children with Autism: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 179-187

  Szatmari, Peter ^a   Chawarska, Katarzyna ^b   Dawson, Geraldine ^c   Georgiades, Stelios ^d   Landa, Rebecca ^e   Lord, Catherine ^f   Messinger, Daniel S ^g   Thurm, Audrey ^h   Halladay, Alycia ⁱ  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; development; longitudinal; opportunities; sibling

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SIBLING; STUDY DESIGN; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84960386417     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.12.014     Document Type: Review

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