Does Autism Cluster Geographically? A Research Note / Simon BARON-COHEN in Autism, 3-1 (March 1999)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism > 3-1 (March 1999) . - p.39-43 Titre : Does Autism Cluster Geographically? A Research Note Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Simon BARON-COHEN, Auteur ; Kim SAUNDERS, Auteur ; Suniti CHAKRABARTI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.39-43 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We report an apparent cluster of seven cases of autism spectrum disorder in a network of a few streets in the UK. Clusters do not easily fit the dominant genetic theory of autism. Whilst this could in principle represent the effect of an environmental pathogen, we consider an alternative interpretation: that autism spectrum conditions may be so much more common than was previously thought that finding seven cases in an area of a few streets is not necessarily higher than one would expect from chance. We conclude by highlighting the need for an agewise epidemiological study of autism spectrum conditions, since this cluster is only higher than expected when compared with expected rates for under-5s rather than under-18s. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361399003001004 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=208 [article] Does Autism Cluster Geographically? A Research Note [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Simon BARON-COHEN, Auteur ; Kim SAUNDERS, Auteur ; Suniti CHAKRABARTI, Auteur . - p.39-43. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism > 3-1 (March 1999) . - p.39-43 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We report an apparent cluster of seven cases of autism spectrum disorder in a network of a few streets in the UK. Clusters do not easily fit the dominant genetic theory of autism. Whilst this could in principle represent the effect of an environmental pathogen, we consider an alternative interpretation: that autism spectrum conditions may be so much more common than was previously thought that finding seven cases in an area of a few streets is not necessarily higher than one would expect from chance. We conclude by highlighting the need for an agewise epidemiological study of autism spectrum conditions, since this cluster is only higher than expected when compared with expected rates for under-5s rather than under-18s. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361399003001004 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=208

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