Prevalence and associated features of autism spectrum disorder in extremely low gestational age newborns at age 10 years

Autism Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 224-232

  Joseph, Robert M ^a   O'Shea, Thomas M ^b   Allred, Elizabeth N ^c,d   Heeren, Tim ^e   Hirtz, Deborah ^f   Paneth, Nigel ^g   Leviton, Alan ^c,d   Kuban, Karl C K ^h  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; epidemiology descriptive; intellectual disability; pre and perinatal risk factors; prevalence; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE 2; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTREMELY LOW GESTATIONAL AGE NEWBORN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971352086     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1644     Document Type: Article

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