What’s new in autism?
@article{Steyaert2008WhatsNI,
title={What’s new in autism?},
author={Jean Steyaert and Wouter De la Marche},
journal={European Journal of Pediatrics},
year={2008},
volume={167},
pages={1091-1101}
}This review on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) focusses on recent insights in the clinical picture, such as continuity of the phenotype and the concept of broader phenotype, on epidemiology and on clinical issues relevant to physicians, including new methods for early screening and diagnosis, psychiatric and somatic co-morbidity, and the expansion of so-called complementary and alternative treatments. ASD is a disorder with mainly genetic causes and recent insights show that a variety of genetic…
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