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Fairthorne, Jennifer C.; de Klerk, Nicholas H.; Leonard, Helen M.; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) are neurodevelopmental disorders with strong genetic components. Increasingly, research attention has focused on whether genetic factors conveying susceptibility for these conditions, also influence the risk of other health conditions, such as cancer. We examined the occurrence of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intellectual Disability
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Safyer, Andrew W.; Miller, Robert W. – Journal of School Health, 1977
Epidemiologic research has revealed a wide spectrum of etiologic information concerning childhood cancer. (MB)
Descriptors: Cancer, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases
Ekvall, Shirley M.; Wheby, Elizabeth A. – 1987
The following papers were presented at a symposium on clinical nutrition for the child who is chronically ill or handicapped: (1) "Food Allergy"; (2) "Anemia and the Chronically Ill or Handicapped Child"; (3) "Nutrition and Neurotransmitters--Clinical Implications"; (4) "The Importance of Lipid Type in the Diet after Burn Injury"; (5) "Advances of…
Descriptors: Allergy, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Children
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Grosfeld, F. J. M.; Lips, C. J. M.; Beemer, F. A.; van Spijker, H. G.; Brouwers-Smalbraak, G. J.; ten Kroode, H. F. J. – Patient Education and Counseling, 1997
Medical considerations about testing and possible psychological consequences for the child and family of genetically testing children are discussed. Risks include distress from ambivalent feelings toward testing, preoccupation with disease-related signs, changes in family interactions, the burdening prospect of a future disease, and medicalization…
Descriptors: Cancer, Children, Counseling, Emotional Adjustment