Can Bronchoscopic Airway Anatomy Be an Indicator of Autism?

Autor/inn/en	Stewart, Barbara A.; Klar, Amar J. S.
Titel	Can Bronchoscopic Airway Anatomy Be an Indicator of Autism?
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (2013) 4, S.911-916 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1635-4
Schlagwörter	Anatomy; Autism; At Risk Persons; Children; Human Body; Pervasive Developmental Disorders + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anatomie; Autismus; Risikogruppe; Child; Kind; Kinder; Menschlicher Körper
Abstract	Bronchoscopic evaluations revealed that some children have double branching of bronchi (designated "doublets") in the lower lungs airways, rather than normal, single branching. Retrospective analyses revealed only one commonality in them: all subjects with doublets also had autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). That is, 49 subjects exhibited the presence of initial normal anatomy in upper airway followed by doublets in the lower airway. In contrast, the normal branching pattern was noted in all the remaining 410 subjects who did not have a diagnosis of autism/ASD. We propose that the presence of doublets might be an objective, reliable, and valid biologic marker of autism/ASD. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10