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Increased Rate of Head Growth During Infancy in Autism

Increased Rate of Head Growth During Infancy in Autism Editorials represent the opinions EDITORIALS of the authors and THE JOURNAL and not those of the American Medical Association. Increased Rate of Head Growth During Infancy in Autism ume is increased by 2 to 5 years of age, a logical inference Janet E. Lainhart, MD is that rates of head and brain growth must be increased dur- ing the first 2 years in children with autism. This appears N 1943, KANNER PUBLISHED “AUTISTIC DISTURBANCES OF to be the case in the group studied by Courchesne et al. The Affective Contact.” Kanner had been chosen to lead the investigators used retrospective birth data and early child- first child psychiatry service in a pediatric hospital in hood head circumference data obtained from children di- Ithe United States, located in the Harriet Lane Home for agnosed with autism. They compared the autism data with Children in The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. reference data on typically healthy developing children in With only medical school training in pediatrics and child the Fels Longitudinal Study. Between birth and 6 to 14 psychiatry but with the gift of astute observation, Kanner months, head circumference increased at a significantly soon recognized a disorder previously not described: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Increased Rate of Head Growth During Infancy in Autism

Lainhart, Janet E.
JAMA , Volume 290 (3) – Jul 16, 2003
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2003 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.290.3.393
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Editorials represent the opinions EDITORIALS of the authors and THE JOURNAL and not those of the American Medical Association. Increased Rate of Head Growth During Infancy in Autism ume is increased by 2 to 5 years of age, a logical inference Janet E. Lainhart, MD is that rates of head and brain growth must be increased dur- ing the first 2 years in children with autism. This appears N 1943, KANNER PUBLISHED “AUTISTIC DISTURBANCES OF to be the case in the group studied by Courchesne et al. The Affective Contact.” Kanner had been chosen to lead the investigators used retrospective birth data and early child- first child psychiatry service in a pediatric hospital in hood head circumference data obtained from children di- Ithe United States, located in the Harriet Lane Home for agnosed with autism. They compared the autism data with Children in The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. reference data on typically healthy developing children in With only medical school training in pediatrics and child the Fels Longitudinal Study. Between birth and 6 to 14 psychiatry but with the gift of astute observation, Kanner months, head circumference increased at a significantly soon recognized a disorder previously not described:

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Published: Jul 16, 2003

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