Autism with Intellectual Disability Related to Dynamics of Head Circumference Growth during Early Infancy - UTU Research Portal

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Autism with Intellectual Disability Related to Dynamics of Head Circumference Growth during Early Infancy

Authors: McKeague IW, Brown AS, Bao YY, Hinkka-Yli-Salomaki S, Huttunen J, Sourander A

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

Publication year: 2015

Journal: Biological Psychiatry

Journal name in source: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Journal acronym: BIOL PSYCHIAT

Volume: 77

Issue: 9

First page : 833

Last page: 840

Number of pages: 8

ISSN: 0006-3223

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.08.008

Abstract

CONCLUSIONS: Acceleration in head circumference growth is associated with autism with comorbid ID at 3 months but not subsequently. This association is unrelated to acceleration in height and weight, which are not strongly associated with autism until after 6 months.