| Literature DB >> 28631035 |
Gal Meiri1, Ilan Dinstein2,3,4, Analya Michaelowski5, Hagit Flusser5, Michal Ilan1,2, Michal Faroy5, Asif Bar-Sinai1,2, Liora Manelis1,2, Dana Stolowicz1,2, Lili Lea Yosef1,6, Nadav Davidovitch7, Hava Golan4,8, Shosh Arbelle1, Idan Menashe9,10.
Abstract
Elucidating the heterogeneous etiologies of autism will require investment in comprehensive longitudinal data acquisition from large community based cohorts. With this in mind, we have established a hospital-university-based (HUB) database of autism which incorporates prospective and retrospective data from a large and ethnically diverse population. The collected data includes social-demographic characteristics, standardized behavioral testing, detailed clinical history from electronic patient records, genetic samples, and various neurological measures. We describe the initial cohort characteristics following the first 18 months of data collection (188 children with autism). We believe that the Negev HUB autism database offers a unique and valuable resource for studying the heterogeneity of autism etiologies across different ethnic populations.Entities:
Keywords: Autism; Child development; Epidemiology; Multidisciplinary; Preschool psychiatry
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28631035 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-017-3207-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Autism Dev Disord ISSN: 0162-3257