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Issue Kit: Autism
We have assembled a few key studies to assist in your research on autism. Media representatives who need assistance in locating experts to interview should call the AAP Department of Communications at 847-434-7877. Parent resources are available at www.aap.org/healthtopics/autism.cfm.
AAP Reports
Research
- Birth Weight and Gestational Age Characteristics of Children With Autism, Including a Comparison With Other Developmental Disabilities
Diana Schendel and Tanya Karapurkar Bhasin
Pediatrics, Jun 2008; 121: 1155 – 1164
- Positive Screening for Autism in Ex-preterm Infants: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Catherine Limperopoulos, Haim Bassan, Nancy R. Sullivan, Janet S. Soul, Richard L. Robertson, Jr, Marianne Moore, Steven A. Ringer, Joseph J. Volpe, and Adré J. du Plessis
Pediatrics, Apr 2008; 121: 758 – 765
- Association of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders and Loss of Family Income
Guillermo Montes and Jill S. Halterman
Pediatrics, Apr 2008; 121: e821 - e826
- Measles vaccination and antibody response in autism spectrum disorders
G Baird, A Pickles, E Simonoff, T Charman, P Sullivan, S Chandler, T Loucas, D Meldrum, M Afzal, B Thomas, L Jin, D Brown
Archives of Disease in Childhood, Feb 5, 2008
- Continuing increases in autism reported to California's developmental services system: mercury in retrograde
R Schechter, JK Grether
Archives of General Psychiatry, Jan 2008 ;65(1):15-6.
- The Genetics of Autism (review article)
Rebecca Muhle, Stephanie V. Trentacoste, and Isabelle Rapin
Pediatrics, May 2004; 113: e472 - e486.
- Thimerosal and the Occurrence of Autism: Negative Ecological Evidence From Danish Population-Based Data
Kreesten M. Madsen, Marlene B. Lauritsen, Carsten B. Pedersen, Poul Thorsen, Anne-Marie Plesner, Peter H. Andersen, and Preben B. Mortensen
Pediatrics, Sep 2003; 112: 604 - 606.
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