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  • Title: Characterization and comparison of autistic subgroups: 10 years' experience with autistic children.
    Author: Fattal-Valevski A, Kramer U, Leitner Y, Nevo Y, Greenstein Y, Harel S.
    Journal: Dev Med Child Neurol; 1999 Jan; 41(1):21-5. PubMed ID: 10068046.
    Abstract:
    To summarize our 10-year experience with autistic children at the Tel Aviv Child Development Center, the files of all 55 children with autism treated at our center over a 10-year period were retrospectively reviewed. Particular attention was addressed to the value of the medical work-up in detecting the etiology of autism and to factors differentiating infantile autism (IA) from autistic-like behavior (ALB). Twenty-four subjects (44%) had IA and 31 (56%) had ALB. These subgroups were compared for demographic, perinatal, familial, neurological, and psychological findings, and outcome at discharge. Associated medical conditions and the yield of metabolic work-up and neuroimaging and electroencephalography studies are discussed. The two subgroups differed only in severity of autistic symptoms and cognitive function (P<0.05), but not in demographic or neurobiological findings. It was concluded that IA and ALB are similar conditions, and autism has a wide continuum of clinical expressions.
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