CAN's Organized Autism Research Information

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December 2, 2000

CAN's Organized Autism Research Information

[The following comes from Kilpatrick, Director of

Development of Cure Autism Now ekilpatrick@...]

The Cure Autism Now scientific bibliography of scientific articles

related to various areas has recently been updated and may be found at

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_index.cfm

The sections included are:

Animal Models

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_AnimalModels

..cfm

Autism Behavior

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_AutismBehavi

or.cfm

Sleep

Autism Diagnostics and Clinical ManagementDrug Treatment for Autism [see

sample listing below.]

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Diagnostics.

cfm

Clomipramine

Clozapine

Fluoxetine

Naltrexone

Secretin

Venlafaxine

Risperidone

Autism EpidemiologyBrain Imaging/Neuroanatomy:

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Neuroanatomy

..cfm

Endorphins/Opioids

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Endorphins.c

fm

Autism and GastroenterologyGenetics

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Gastroentero

logy.cfm

Immunology

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Immunology.c

fm

Intervention:

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Intervention

..cfm

Serotonin

Thyroid

Reviews

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Reviews.cfm

Other

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Other.cfm

Autism in the News

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_News.cfm

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How to Get Full Text Versions of Research Articles

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Abstracts of articles can be found by going to the National Library of

Medicine's PubMed web site at www.pubmed.gov. A simple search engine allows

you to retrieve information that has appeared in peer-reviewed research

journals. At the Pub Med site you can use the Lonesome Doc system to

electronically order full text articles from your local medical library.

The

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Look up and make copies of the articles you would like to read. State

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Go to the online journal where the article was published.

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CAN's Autism Bibliography

Autism Diagnostics and Clinical Management

http://www.cureautismnow.org/sciwatch/bibliography_11-22-00/bib_Diagnostics.

cfm

Dawson, G.

What is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, how is it different from

autism, and what is believed to be its cause? [comment] Journal of Autism

and Developmental Disorders, 2000 Apr, 30(2):177.

Klin, A; Lang, J; Cicchetti, DV; Volkmar, FR.

Brief report: Interrater reliability of clinical diagnosis and DSM-IV

criteria for autistic disorder: results of the DSM-IV autism field trial.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2000 Apr, 30(2):163-7.

Trevarthen C.

Autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting communication and

learning in early childhood: prenatal origins, post-natal course and

effective educational support. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids.

2000 Jul-Aug;63(1-2):41-6.

Howlin, P.

Autism and intellectual disability: diagnostic and treatment issues.

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2000 Jul, 93(7):351-5.

Baird, G; Charman, T; Baron-Cohen, S; , A; Swettenham, J; Wheelwright, S;

Drew,

A screening instrument for autism at 18 months of age: a 6-year

follow-up study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry, 2000 Jun, 39(6):694-702.

Filipek PA, Accardo PJ, Ashwal S, Baranek GT, Cook EH Jr, et al.

Practice parameter: screening and diagnosis of autism: report of the

Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the

Child Neurology Society.Neurology. 2000 Aug 22;55(4):468-79.

Gillham JE, AS, Volkmar FR, Sparrow SS.

Toward a developmental operational definition of autism.

T, Groen AD, Wynn JW.

Randomized trial of intensive early intervention for children with

pervasive developmental disorder.

Am J Ment Retard. 2000 Jul;105(4):269-85.

Werner E, Dawson G, Osterling J, Dinno N. Brief report: Recognition of

autism spectrum disorder before one year of age: a retrospective study based

on home videotapes. J Autism Dev Disord. 2000 Apr;30(2):157-62.

Erba HW.

Early intervention programs for children with autism: conceptual

frameworks for implementation. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2000 Jan;70(1):82-94.

Pomeranz K.

Home-based behavioral treatment. J Autism Dev Disord. 1999

Oct;29(5):425-6.

Volkmar F, Cook EH Jr, Pomeroy J, Realmuto G, Tanguay P.

Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children,

adolescents, and adults with autism and other pervasive developmental

disorders. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Working Group

on Quality Issues. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Dec; 38 (12

Suppl): 32S-54S. Review.

Bax M.

Diagnoses made too late. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1999 Dec;41(12):795.

Bristol-Power MM, Spinella G.

Research on screening and diagnosis in autism: a work in progress. J

Autism Dev Disord. 1999 Dec;29(6):435-8. Review.

A.

Autism spectrum disorders at 20 and 42 months of age: stability of

clinical and ADI-R diagnosis.

J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 1999 Jul.

Leung, AK; Kao, CP.

Evaluation and management of the child with speech delay. American

Family Physician, 1999 Jun, 59(11):3121-8, 3135.

Piven, J; Palmer, P.

Psychiatric disorder and the broad autism phenotype:evidence from a

family study of multiple-incidence autism families. American Journal of

Psychiatry, 1999 Apr, 156(4):557-63.

Teitelbaum P.

Movement analysis in infancy may be useful for early diagnosis of

autism.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1998 Nov 10.

Kobayashi R.

Behavioral characteristics of 187 young adults with autism. Psychiatry

Clin Neurosci, 1998 Aug.

Eisenmajer, R., et. Al.

Delayed language onset as a predictor of clinical symptoms in

pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental

Disorders, 1998 Dec, 28(6):527-33.

Barton, M; Volkmar, F.

How commonly are known medical conditions associated with autism?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1998 Aug, 28(4):273-8.

Dawson, G; Meltzoff, AN; Osterling, J; Rinaldi, J.

Neuropsychological correlates of early symptoms of autism. Child

Development, 1998 Oct, 69(5):1276-85.

Yeung-Courchesne, R; Courchesne, E.

From impasse to insight in autism research: from behavioral symptoms

to biological explanations. Development and Psychopathology, 1997 Spring,

9(2):389-419.

Mundy, P; Crowson, M.

Joint attention and early social communication: implications for

research on intervention with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental

Disorders, 1997 Dec, 27(6):653-76.

Waller, SA; Armstrong, KJ; McGrath, AM; Sullivan, CL.

A review of the diagnostic methods reported in the Journal of Autism

and Developmental Disorders.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1999 Dec, 29(6):485-90.

Jahr, E; Eldevik, S; Eikeseth, S.

Teaching children with autism to initiate and sustain cooperative

play. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2000 Mar-Apr, 21(2):151-69

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