The Environmental and Genetic Causes of Autism 9781510710863, 9781510710870
The Environmental and Genetic Causes of Autism delves deep into the full body of past and current research to reveal how
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English Year 2016
Table of contents :
Introduction
Chapter 1. Background and Concepts
Chapter 2. Symptoms and Diagnosis of Autism
Chapter 3. Evidence of Genetic and Epigenetic Risk Components of Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chapter 4. Speech, Language, and Communication Phenotypes in ASD
Chapter 5. Genetic and Environmental Factors that Influence Social Cognitive Skills in ASD
Chapter 6. Cognitive Phenotypes in ASD
Chapter 7. Repetitive Motor Behaviors and Seizure Phenotypes
Chapter 8. Sensory Phenotypes and Sensory Processing Disorder
Chapter 9. Immunological Factors in Autism and ASD
Chapter 10. Gastrointestinal and Renal Phenotypes in ASD
Chapter 11. Neurotoxin-Induced Autoimmune-Mediated Neurological Damage in Autism
Chapter 12. Vaccine-Autism Studies Ignored by the CDC
Chapter 13. Concepts of Comorbidity in Autism and Autism Research
Chapter 14. Study Designs for Meaningful Future Causal Research in Autism
Chapter 15. Biological Pathways and Networks Views of Autism
Chapter 16. Toward a Multidimensional Matrix Risk Model for Autism
Chapter 17. The Logic of Prevention in Autism and Gene-Informed Treatment
Chapter 18. Injecting Objective Association and Causal Inference into Clinical Trials, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of ASD
Introduction
Chapter 1. Background and Concepts
Chapter 2. Symptoms and Diagnosis of Autism
Chapter 3. Evidence of Genetic and Epigenetic Risk Components of Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Chapter 4. Speech, Language, and Communication Phenotypes in ASD
Chapter 5. Genetic and Environmental Factors that Influence Social Cognitive Skills in ASD
Chapter 6. Cognitive Phenotypes in ASD
Chapter 7. Repetitive Motor Behaviors and Seizure Phenotypes
Chapter 8. Sensory Phenotypes and Sensory Processing Disorder
Chapter 9. Immunological Factors in Autism and ASD
Chapter 10. Gastrointestinal and Renal Phenotypes in ASD
Chapter 11. Neurotoxin-Induced Autoimmune-Mediated Neurological Damage in Autism
Chapter 12. Vaccine-Autism Studies Ignored by the CDC
Chapter 13. Concepts of Comorbidity in Autism and Autism Research
Chapter 14. Study Designs for Meaningful Future Causal Research in Autism
Chapter 15. Biological Pathways and Networks Views of Autism
Chapter 16. Toward a Multidimensional Matrix Risk Model for Autism
Chapter 17. The Logic of Prevention in Autism and Gene-Informed Treatment
Chapter 18. Injecting Objective Association and Causal Inference into Clinical Trials, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of ASD
