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Infantile Autism

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Autism is a seriously disabling pervasive developmental disorder that is characterized by poor social relatedness, impaired verbal and nonverbal communication, limited imagination, and repetitive, stereotyped activities. Kanner’s 19431 description of this syndrome focuses on the deviant pattern of social interaction, speech, and the insistence on sameness. Onset before 30 months of age and the exclusion criteria that autism cannot be diagnosed in the presence of hallucinations and delusions were later incorporated in the DSM-III2 description. In DSM-III-R,3 however, there is no age restriction but one must specify if autism is of infantile (> 36 months of age) or childhood (< 36 months of age) onset. The necessary absence of hallucinations and delusions is not included.

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  1. Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, USA

    Donald E. Greydanus

  2. Child Development Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232-3573, USA

    Mark L. Wolraich

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Allen, G.H., Vilda, B., Scott-Miller, D. (1992). Infantile Autism. In: Greydanus, D.E., Wolraich, M.L. (eds) Behavioral Pediatrics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2774-8_14

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