Autism spectrum disorders (ASD): clinical features
Evidence-based neurology checklist on autism spectrum disorders (asd): clinical features: Epidemiology ASD affects about 2.3% of children and 2.2% of adults in the United States The prevalence is increasing Key early clinical features Motor features Neurological features Sleep-related features…
Epidemiology
- ASD affects about 2.3% of children and 2.2% of adults in the United States
- The prevalence is increasing
Key early clinical features
Motor features
Neurological features
Sleep-related features
Psychiatric features
Gastrointestinal features
Other features
Pathological features
Differential diagnosis: childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD)
References
- Hirota T, King BH. Autism spectrum disorder: a review. JAMA 2023; 329:157-168.
- Maski KP, Jeste SS, Spence SJ. Common neurological co-morbidities in autism spectrum disorders. Curr Opin Pediatr 2011; 23:609-615.
- Dziuk MA, Gidley Larson JC, Apostu A, Mahone EM, Denckla MB, Mostofsky SH. Dyspraxia in autism: association with motor, social, and communicative deficits. Dev Med Child Neurol 2007; 49:734-749.
- Pearce JM. Kanner’s infantile autism and Asperger’s syndrome. JNNP 2005; 76:205.
- Baron-Cohen S. The cognitive neuroscience of autism. JNNP 2004; 75: 945–948.
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