Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0747 |
| Title: | Prenatal, Perinatal, and Neonatal Factors in Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified, and the General Population |
| Author(s): | Naya Juul-Dam, TownsendDagger J, Hillier A, et al. |
| Reference: | PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 4 April 2001, p. e63 |
| Place of Study: | USA |
| Abstract: | Seventy-four participants (66 males, 8 females) were diagnosed with autism at 2.5 through 4 years of age using the most accurate and up-to-date methods, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised. At age 5, all participants were reevaluated using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Revised, resulting in 61 autistic and 13 PDD-NOS participants. The autism group was found to have a significantly higher incidence of uterine bleeding, a lower incidence of maternal vaginal infection, and less maternal use of contraceptives during conception when compared with the general population. |
| Keyword(s): | autism, autistic spectrum disorder, bleeding during pregnancy, forceps delivery, jaundice, psychopathologic problem |
| Discussion: | No discussion mentioned for this entry |
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