Journal ArticleDOI
Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children
Andrew J. Wakefield,S. H. Murch,A Anthony,J Linnell,D M Casson,M Malik,M Berelowitz,Ap Dhillon,Mike Thomson,Peter Harvey,A Valentine,S Davies,J A Walker-Smith +12 more
TLDR
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.About:
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.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Measles Vaccines and the Potential for Worldwide Eradication of Measles
TL;DR: To address the possibility of worldwide control of measles, efforts to ensure high immunization rates among people in both developed and developing countries must be sustained.
Journal ArticleDOI
Autism: an emerging public health problem.
TL;DR: The factors responsible for the emergence of autism as a public health problem are reviewed and the public health response to date and the prospects for the future are discussed.
Journal ArticleDOI
Prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders in the British nationwide survey of child mental health.
TL;DR: Compared to children with a psychiatric disorder other than PDD, social but not behavioural problems were more frequent in the PDD group and parents of children with PDDs had higher rates of psychological distress than those from the two comparison groups.
Journal ArticleDOI
Genetics and epigenetics of autism: A Review.
Mary M.Y. Waye,Ho Yu Cheng +1 more
TL;DR: This review aims at summarizing the latest research studies related to autism and ASD, focusing not only on the genetics but also some epigenetic findings of autism/ASD.
Journal ArticleDOI
Morbilliviruses and human disease
Bertus K. Rima,W. Paul Duprex +1 more
TL;DR: In this review, human diseases associated with morbillivirus infection have been grouped into three broad categories: those which are definitely caused by the infection; those which may be exacerbated or facilitated by an infection; and those which currently have limited, weak, unsubstantiated or no credible scientific evidence to support any link to a morbillIVirus.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Alpha-1-antitrypsin, autism, and cœliac disease
Book
The Autistic Spectrum
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.
Journal ArticleDOI
Abnormal intestinal permeability in children with autism.
Patrizia D'Eufemia,Mauro Celli,R. Finocchiaro,Lucia Pacifico,L Viozzi,M. Zaccagnini,Ettore Cardi,Omero Giardini +7 more
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.
Journal ArticleDOI
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.