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Brief report: autism in individuals with Down syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16167094     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
As an off-shoot of a study examining the reliability and validity of an adapted version of the Pre-Linguistic Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (A-PL-ADOS), 13 individuals with Down syndrome with IQs ranging between 24 and 48 were administered the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and the A-PL-ADOS, which are well-validated interview and observational diagnostic measures. Three out of 13 met lifetime criteria on the ADI-R, but none of these three showed behavior that met the criterion for autism on the A-PL-ADOS (although two nearly did so). However, two individuals did meet the A-PL-ADOS criterion and showed behavior that fell only just short of meeting lifetime criteria on the ADI-R. Altogether, 5 individuals with Down syndrome may be considered to show an autism spectrum disorder. Of the remaining 8, some showed a few autistic features, and some showed none. The findings raise both methodological and conceptual issues.
Authors:
Elizabeth M Starr; Sibel Kazak Berument; Megan Tomlins; Katerina Papanikolaou; Michael Rutter
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of autism and developmental disorders     Volume:  35     ISSN:  0162-3257     ISO Abbreviation:  J Autism Dev Disord     Publication Date:  2005 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-02-22     Completed Date:  2006-03-21     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7904301     Medline TA:  J Autism Dev Disord     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  665-73     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
MRC Child Psychiatry Unit, University of London, UK. estarr@uwindsor.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Autistic Disorder / diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Child
Down Syndrome / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Retardation / diagnosis,  epidemiology
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