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Symptoms typically start in late childhood or adolescence. [76] Several studies have reported an overlap, confusion or comorbidity with Asperger syndrome (which has been combined with autism spectrum disorder and no longer appears as a diagnostic label in the DSM-5). [77] [78] [79] Asperger syndrome was at one time called "schizoid disorder of ...
For children with MRSA-infected bone or joints, treatment is individualized and long-term. Neonates can develop neonatal pustulosis as a result of topical infection with MRSA. [4] Clindamycin is not approved for the treatment of MRSA infection, but it is still used in children for soft-tissue infections. [4]
Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), also known as Heller's syndrome and disintegrative psychosis, is a rare condition characterized by late onset of developmental delays—or severe and sudden reversals—in language (receptive and expressive), social engagement, bowel and bladder, play and motor skills.
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Fragile X syndrome co-occurs with autism in many cases and is a suspected genetic cause of the autism in these cases. [ 12 ] [ 23 ] This finding has resulted in screening for FMR1 mutation to be considered mandatory in children diagnosed with autism. [ 12 ]
Diagnoses of autism have become more frequent since the 1980s, which has led to various controversies about both the cause of autism and the nature of the diagnoses themselves. Whether autism has mainly a genetic or developmental cause , and the degree of coincidence between autism and intellectual disability , are all matters of current ...
Among boys genetically predisposed to autism, a severe childhood infection could make that diagnosis more likely. New clues hint that young boys who get serious viral infections might be more ...
A 2003 review of epidemiological studies of children found autism rates ranging from 0.03 to 4.84 per 1,000, with the ratio of autism to Asperger syndrome ranging from 1.5:1 to 16:1; [142] combining the geometric mean ratio of 5:1 with a conservative prevalence estimate for autism of 1.3 per 1,000 suggests indirectly that the prevalence of AS ...