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Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children

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In this paper, the authors investigated a consecutive series of children with chronic enterocolitis and regressive developmental disorder, and identified associated gastrointestinal disease and developmental regression in a group of previously normal children, which was generally associated in time with possible environmental triggers.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1998-02-28. It has received 2505 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pervasive developmental disorder & Lymphoid hyperplasia.

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Comparison of maternal beliefs about causes of autism spectrum disorder and association with utilization of services and treatments

TL;DR: It is suggested that ethnic differences in autism causal beliefs and treatment choices may exist and Clinicians can use parental autism causal believed in discussions about treatment recommendations.
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Vaccines today, vaccines tomorrow: a perspective

TL;DR: While a malaria vaccine is undergoing phase 3, the International Vaccine Institute, in collaboration with an Indian manufacturer has brought an oral inactivated cholera vaccine to pre-qualification.
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Informing the public? UK newspaper reporting of autism and Asperger's syndrome

TL;DR: An extensive survey of five leading UK newspapers reveals wide-ranging variation in coverage of autism or Asperger's syndrome, from a tendency to rely on medical establishment sources in some to an apparently pro-choice, anti-establishment campaign in others but, generally, a neglect of the perspective of articulate autistics themselves.
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Questions of Evidence in Evidence-Based Policy

TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that the source of much disagreement might be a failure to addressing crucial philosophical assumptions that inform, often silently, these debates, and that a philosophically informed debate might prove instrumental in clarifying and settling practical difficulties.
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The Autistic Spectrum

Lorna Wing
TL;DR: A simple system of subgrouping based solely on a description of the type of social impairment will be used, which avoids the confusion inherent in trying to identify the named syndromes.
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Abnormal intestinal permeability in children with autism.

TL;DR: It is speculated that an altered intestinal permeability could represent a possible mechanism for the increased passage through the gut mucosa of peptides derived from foods with subsequent behavioural abnormalities.
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A neurochemical theory of autism

TL;DR: Panksepp et al. as discussed by the authors put forward the idea that autism is an emotional disturbance arising from an upset in the opiate systems in the brain, and hence proposed, as a possibility, opiate antagonist therapy for the autistic syndrome.
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