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- Gillberg, Christopher, 1950, et al.
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Infantile autism: a total population study of reduced optimality in the pre-, peri-, and neonatal period.
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Ingår i: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. - 0162-3257. ; 13:2, s. 153-166
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Twenty-five autistic children, constituting a total population sample of children with infantile autism, were compared with 25 sex- and maternity-clinic-matched controls for occurrence of reduced optimality in the pre-, peri, and neonatal period, as noted in medical records. Autistic children showed greatly increased scores for reduced optimality, especially with regard to prenatal factors. The findings are at odds with early reports that children with autism had not suffered potential brain injury. The reasons for the discrepancy are discussed.
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- Gillberg, I Carina, 1949, et al.
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Three-year follow-up at age 10 of children with minor neurodevelopmental disorders. I: Behavioural problems.
- 1983
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Ingår i: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. - 0012-1622. ; 25:4, s. 438-449
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sixty-one children selected from a total population study of six-year-old children in Gothenburg and diagnosed as suffering from minimal brain dysfunction (MBD), motor perception dysfunction (MPD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD), and 51 normal control children were followed up at age 10 for behavioural problems. According to teachers', parents' and self-rating questionnaires, the index children, especially those with MBD, showed extremely high rates of severe behavioural/experiential problems at follow-up. None had been treated with stimulants or other drugs directed at alleviating the symptoms of the neurodevelopmental disorder. It is argued that the high rates of disturbances according to the questionnaire ratings are a true reflection of the psychiatric ill-health in these children.
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- Gillberg, I Carina, 1949, et al.
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Three-year follow-up at age 10 of children with minor neurodevelopmental disorders. II: School achievement problems.
- 1983
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Ingår i: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. - 0012-1622. ; 25:5, s. 566-573
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Part I of this paper considered the behavioural problems at age 10 of groups of children from a total population study of six-year-old children in Gothenburg and diagnosed according to strict criteria as suffering from minimal brain dysfunction (MBD), motor perception dysfunction (MPD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD), and a comparison group of normal children. Part II considers school achievement problems at age 10 among the same groups of children. 80 per cent of MBD children had obvious problems in school achievement, compared with 16 per cent in the comparison group. The MPD and ADD groups did not differ significantly from the comparison group in this respect. There was a considerable overlap between behaviour problems and school achievement problems, and the results indicate a gloomy prognosis for both types of problem among children with MBD.
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- Gillberg, Christopher, 1950, et al.
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Auditory brainstem responses in childhood psychosis.
- 1983
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Ingår i: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. - 0162-3257. ; 13:2, s. 181-195
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Auditory brainstem responses were compared in 24 autistic children, 7 children with other childhood psychoses, and 31 normal children. One-third of the autistic children showed abnormal ABR indicative of brainstem dysfunction and correlating with muscular hypotonia and severe language impairment. The children with other psychoses and the normal children showed normal results.
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- Gillberg, Christopher, 1950
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Autistic children's hand preferences: results from an epidemiological study of infantile autism.
- 1983
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Ingår i: Psychiatry Research. - 0165-1781. ; 10:1, s. 21-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Twenty-six autistic children, constituting a total population sample of children diagnosed in accordance with Rutter's criteria as suffering from infantile autism, were assessed with regard to handedness and certain associated factors. They were compared with 52 age-, sex-, and IQ-matched controls. Sixty-two percent of the autistic children were non-right-handed compared with 37% of the controls. Left-handedness in autism was associated with an abundance of delayed echolalia. Heredity for left-handedness in some cases, and assumed brain damage and immature patterns of lateralization in others, were considered the cause of non-right-handedness in the autistic children. Computed tomographic (CT) brain scans and other neurobiological examinations did not provide evidence indicating clear-cut unilateral left hemisphere dysfunction in autism. Rather, a slight trend in the opposite direction (i.e., an association with right hemisphere dysfunction) was seen in the left-handed autistic children. The result points toward the need for further studies of handedness in autism.
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