- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- PART ONE The Autisms as a Spectrum
- 1 Diagnosis of the Autisms in Infancy
- 2 The Clinical Course of Autism in Childhood and Adolescence
- 3 Adults with Autism
- 4 Asperger Syndrome
- 5 Comorbidities and Symptom Complexes
- 6 Epidemiology
- 7 Timing
- 8 Neuroanatomy
- 9 Neuropsychology and Cognitive Psychology in the Autisms
- 10 Autism and Epilepsy
- 11 Biochemistry, Immunology, Endocrinology
- PART TWO The Autisms as a Syndrome
- 12 Clinical Subgroups
- 13 Neurogenomics
- 14 Neurogenomics
- 15 Neurogenomics
- PART THREE Treatment and Support in the Autisms
- 16 Educational and Behavioral Interventions Throughout the Life Span in Autism
- 17 Prevention, Reversible Autism, and Medical Therapies
- 18 Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Recommended Psychiatric/Psychological Workup in Autism
- Appendix 2: Updated Neurological Workup for Children with Autistic Features
- Glossary
- Author Index
- Subject Index
(p. 155) Clinical Subgroups
- Chapter:
- (p. 155) Clinical Subgroups
- Author(s):
Mary Coleman
and Christopher Gillberg
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199732128.003.0012
“Chapter 12 discusses the clinical subgroups of autism, including regression, macrocephaly and microcephaly, tic disorders, cycling disorders, superior cognitive skills, maternal depression, syndromes and disease entities, metabolic syndromes, gestational infections, post-natal infections, structural abnormalities, cerebral palsies, muscular dystrophies, neurobehavioral teratology, hearing/vision impairment, prematurity, and syndromes in females with autistic features.”
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- Frontispiece
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- PART ONE The Autisms as a Spectrum
- 1 Diagnosis of the Autisms in Infancy
- 2 The Clinical Course of Autism in Childhood and Adolescence
- 3 Adults with Autism
- 4 Asperger Syndrome
- 5 Comorbidities and Symptom Complexes
- 6 Epidemiology
- 7 Timing
- 8 Neuroanatomy
- 9 Neuropsychology and Cognitive Psychology in the Autisms
- 10 Autism and Epilepsy
- 11 Biochemistry, Immunology, Endocrinology
- PART TWO The Autisms as a Syndrome
- 12 Clinical Subgroups
- 13 Neurogenomics
- 14 Neurogenomics
- 15 Neurogenomics
- PART THREE Treatment and Support in the Autisms
- 16 Educational and Behavioral Interventions Throughout the Life Span in Autism
- 17 Prevention, Reversible Autism, and Medical Therapies
- 18 Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Recommended Psychiatric/Psychological Workup in Autism
- Appendix 2: Updated Neurological Workup for Children with Autistic Features
- Glossary
- Author Index
- Subject Index