PMID: 9661967Jul 14, 1998Paper

Childhood autism: the need for physical investigations

Brain & Development
O H SkjeldalS Bakke

Abstract

In this paper the results of an extensive medical investigation of 25 children with childhood autism are presented and compared with those found in a group of non-autistic individuals matched for sex, age and intellectual level, all referred for developmental deviancy of unknown etiology. The examination included a psychiatric assessment and a neurological examination in addition to neurophysiological, chromosomal, metabolic and neuroimaging evaluation. In the clinical examination macrocephaly was found only among the autistic individuals, while the frequency of pathological cerebral CT and clinical parameters such as tendon reflexes and mobility problems was significantly greater in the control group. All the other pathological findings were found to occur with the same frequency in the two groups. Except for research purposes this study did not lend support to those who argue for extensive medical examinations for all children with autism. Based on the present findings, ordinary procedures for assessment of developmentally delayed children should be followed. This should include a systematic clinical neuropaediatric examination, an assessment of vision and hearing and a chromosome study, including that for fragile X.

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