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Access to Dental Visits and Correlates of Preventive Dental Care in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Fenning, Rachel M.; Steinberg-Epstein, Robin; Butter, Eric M.; Chan, James; McKinnon-Bermingham, Kelly; Hammersmith, Kimberly J.; Moffitt, Jacquelyn; Shui, Amy M.; Parker, Robert A.; Coury, Daniel L.; Wang, Paul P.; Kuhlthau, Karen A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Dental care received by children in the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network (ATN) was compared to National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) data for children without special healthcare needs and children with parent-reported ASD. Correlates of obtained preventive dental services were examined within the ATN sample. Participants included 375…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Access to Health Care
Prevention and Management of Obesity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder among Primary Care Pediatricians
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Walls, Morgan; Broder-Fingert, Sarabeth; Feinberg, Emily; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Bair-Merritt, Megan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at high risk for being overweight and obese. Little is known about how obesity in children with ASD is being addressed in primary care. This article reports findings from a survey completed by 327 general pediatricians, which included a fictional clinical vignette and Likert-scales assessing…
Descriptors: Obesity, Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Is There a "Regressive Phenotype" of Autism Spectrum Disorder Associated with the Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine? A CPEA Study
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Richler, Jennifer; Luyster, Rhiannon; Risi, Susan; Hsu, Wan-Ling; Dawson, Geraldine; Bernier, Raphael; Dunn, Michelle; Hepburn, Susan; Hyman, Susan L.; McMahon, William M.; Goudie-Nice, Julie; Minshew, Nancy; Rogers, Sally; Sigman, Marian; Spence, M. Anne; Goldberg, Wendy A.; Tager-Flusbert, Helen; Volkmar, Fred R.; Lord, Catherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
A multi-site study of 351 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and 31 typically developing children used caregiver interviews to describe the children's early acquisition and loss of social-communication milestones. For the majority of children with ASD who had experienced a regression, pre-loss development was clearly atypical. Children…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interviews, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children
Brief Report: Immune Factors in Autism: A Critical Review.
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Krause, Ilan; He, Ziao-Song; Gershwin, M. Eric; Shoenfeld, Yehuda – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
This article reviews studies linking autistic disorder with various immune factors. It concludes that although various immune system abnormalities have been reported in children with autism, previous studies are largely association based and it remains difficult to draw conclusions regarding the role of immune factors in the etiopathogenesis of…
Descriptors: Autism, Biological Influences, Child Health, Children