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Evidence suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder have increased rates of co-occurring psychosis and/or bipolar disorder. Considering the peak age of onset for psychosis and bipolar disorder occurs in adulthood, we investigated the co-occurrence of these disorders in adults with autism. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

Exposure to surgery and anesthesia in early childhood has been found to be associated with an increased risk of behavioral deficits. While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against prenatal exposure to anesthetic drugs, little clinical evidence exists to support this recommendation. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

New research links poor language to lack of Vitamin D in womb. ...

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• 2012
• February 2012

We examined whether there were changes over time in the qualitative and quantitative phenotype of individuals who received the diagnosis of Autistic Disorder. ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

The current data provide support for Bejerot et al.'s androgyny account since males and females with high levels of autistic-like traits generally showed... ...

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• 2015
• April 2015

The current study sought to determine whether gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia are associated with neurocognitive outcomes in middle childhood. ...

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• 2012
• March 2012

Fetal head circumference (HC) growth was examined prospectively in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

Recent studies report conflicting results regarding the relationship between labour epidural analgesia (LEA) in mothers and neurodevelopmental disorders in their offspring. We evaluated behavioural and neuropsychological test scores in children of mothers who used LEA. ...

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• 2024
• May 2024

The aim of this research note is to encourage child language researchers and clinicians to give careful consideration to the use of domain-specific tests as a proxy for language; particularly in the context of large-scale studies and for the identification of language disorder in clinical practice. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023