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Infantile autism is a behavioral syndrome, almost certainly having various etiologies. The present paper focuses on one group of autistic children, which might be designated the neurologically impaired group. In the course of investigating a number of children exhibiting features of early infantile autism, we have been impressed by the finding of consistent changes on pneumoencephalography, apparently reflecting a specific anatomical pathology (Hauser et al., 1975). These changes have centered on the left medial temporal lobe and have been seen as dilatation of the temporal horn of the left lateral ventricle. The present chapter represents our attempt to relate these anatomical abnormalities to the known clinical manifestations of this disorder.
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DeLong, G.R. (1978). A Neuropsychologic Interpretation of Infantile Autism. In: Rutter, M., Schopler, E. (eds) Autism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0787-7_14
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