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LO SCORBUTO, SEGNALE DI ALLARME DI UN DISTURBO DELLO SPETTRO AUTISTICO

2022

The authors describe the case of a 3-year-old girl with bleeding gums and leg pain finally diagnosed with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). The increased risk of developing scurvy due to a restricted diet in children affected by ASD is stressed.

Bleeding gums Vitamin C deficiency Autistic spectrum disorder
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Comparison of metals and essential trace elements levels between Autistic Spectrum Disorders cases and their sibs in Sicily (southern Italy)

2016

Introduction: A role of metals exposure and essential trace element deficiency in Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) etiology has been suggested by epidemiologic studies, but conclusive evidence on this topic is still lacking and controversial. We compared metals and essential trace element levels between cases both with their brothers and healthy children. Methods: The diagnosis of ASD were performed by ADOS and ADI-R according to DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) criteria. Hair samples were collected from cases and sibs by single cutting from the occipital region. The samples were cut to lengths of about 1.5–2 cm using clean stainless steel scissors. Approximat…

Trace (semiology)Metals Autistic spectrum DisordersGeographyEvolutionary biologymental disordersGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesConclusive evidenceTrace element deficiencyAutistic spectrumCartographyGeneral Environmental ScienceSettore GEO/08 - Geochimica E Vulcanologia
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Sleep in children with autistic spectrum disorder: a questionnaire and polysomnographic study.

2007

Abstract Objective To evaluate sleep in children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) by means of sleep questionnaires and polysomnography; moreover, to analyze their cyclic alternating pattern (CAP). Methods Thirty-one patients with ASD (28 males, 3 females, aged 3.7–19 years) and age-matched normal controls were included. ASD children were evaluated by a standard sleep questionnaire that consisted of 45 items in a Likert-type scale covering several areas of sleep disorders and by overnight polysomnography in the sleep laboratory after one adaptation night. Results The questionnaire results showed that parents of ASD children reported a high prevalence of disorders of initiating and maint…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentcyclic alternating patternPolysomnographySleep REMPolysomnographyComorbidityAudiologyNon-rapid eye movement sleepactigraphy polysomnographyEnuresisSleep Disorders Circadian RhythmSurveys and Questionnairesmental disordersActivities of Daily LivingmedicineHumansAutistic DisorderParent-Child RelationsChildSleep disorderSleep StagesSleep stagemedicine.diagnostic_testautistic spectrum disorderActigraphyGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseComorbiditySleep in non-human animalsSettore MED/39 - Neuropsichiatria Infantilesleep questionnaireactigraphy; actigraphy polysomnography; autistic spectrum disorder; cyclic alternating pattern; polysomnography; sleep questionnaire; sleep stagesLogistic ModelsChild PreschoolPhysical therapyFemaleSleep Stagesmedicine.symptomPsychologyactigraphySleep medicine
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