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Clinical Parameters for the Diagnosis of ASD

Aderbal Sabra
Unigranrio School of Medicine, Brasil.
* Corresponding author
Joseph Bellanti
Georgetown University, USA.
Luciana Corsini
Unigranrio School of Medicine, Brasil.
Aderbal Sabra Filho
Unigranrio School of Medicine, Brasil.
Selma Sabra
Unigranrio School of Medicine, Brasil.
DOI icon 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.2.216

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Submitted 2020-03-30
Published 2020-04-09

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by disorders of neurological development, typically diagnosed within the first 4 years of life, clinically presents with impairment in social interaction, deficits in verbal and non-verbal communication, and repetitive and purposeless stereotypic behaviors. One thousand of pre-diagnosed ASD patients, randomly selected, to be part of this study, where attended at the Unidade de Gastroenterologia, Alergia Alimentar e Autismo (UGAAA) at Unigranrio University, School of Medicine. This evolutionary report aims to evaluate the presence of the 6 most common clinical disorders of neurological development in ASD patients, selected to be the core for the table for the diagnosis of ASD.

Keywords: autism spectrum disorder objective evaluation of ASD social interaction

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