Background Early brain overgrowth (EBO) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is among the
best replicated biological associations in psychiatry. Most positive reports have compared …

Autism spectrum disorder is a commonly used umbrella term for a class of
neurodevelopmental disorders characterised by a triad of deficits in social reciprocity …

The media, scientific researchers, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual all refer to"
autism" as if it were a single disorder or a single disorder over a spectrum. However, autism …

Objective To determine the risk of difficulties with social communication and
restricted/repetitive behaviors as well as the rate of autism in children institutionalized in …

Background. Little has been published on autism in Africa, and it is not known whether
South African children present with the same characteristics and challenges as described …

Background Brain development follows a different trajectory in children with autism spectrum
disorders (ASD) than in typically develo** children. A proxy for neurodevelopment could …

Background With a complex and extremely high clinical and genetic heterogeneity, autism
spectrum disorders (ASD) are better dissected if one takes into account specific …

Objective Although early brain overgrowth is frequently reported in autism spectrum disorder
(ASD), the relationship between ASD and head circumference (HC) is less clear, with …

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) encompass a range of neurodevelopmental conditions
that are clinically and etiologically very heterogeneous. ASD is currently diagnosed entirely …

Background. Despite the widely‐held understanding that the biological changes that lead to
autism usually occur during prenatal life, there has been relatively little research into the …