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Predicting language outcome in infants with autism and pervasive developmental disorderTony Charman
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Int J Lang Commun Disord 38:265-85. 2003..To examine longitudinal associations between diagnosis, joint attention, play and imitation abilities and language outcome in infants with autism and pervasive developmental disorder...
Diagnosis of autismGillian Baird
Newcomen Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London SE1 9RT
BMJ 327:488-93. 2003
Immediate effects of methylphenidate on cognitive attention skills of children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorderJane Hood
Newcomen Centre, Guy s Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE 1 9RT, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 47:408-14. 2005..The immediate effects of methylphenidate and the significance of measuring cognitive aspects of attention as well as behavioural measures are discussed...
Parents' perceptions of disclosure of the diagnosis of cerebral palsyG Baird
Guy s and St Thomas s NHS Trust, Newcomen Centre, Guy s Hospital, 1 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK
Arch Dis Child 83:475-80. 2000..The guidelines take account of the findings, in particular the need for early close liaison between neonatology and community paediatric services. Suggestions are made for how to ensure implementation and monitoring of good practice...
Sleep electroencephalograms in young children with autism with and without regressionGillian Baird
Newcomen Centre, Guy s Hospital, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 48:604-8. 2006..There was no evidence that these cases of autism with and without regression were associated with epileptic encephalopathy. The significance of epileptiform discharges without epilepsy in the sleep EEG in autism remains unknown...
Landau-Kleffner syndrome: course and correlates with outcomeR O Robinson
Newcomen Centre, Guy s Hospital, London, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 43:243-7. 2001..These data lend support for intervention in ending ESES by 36 months using multiple subpial transection (MST) if steroids are ineffective or cause unacceptable side effects...
Multiple subpial transection in Landau-Kleffner syndromeK Irwin
Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 43:248-52. 2001..MST is an important treatment modality in LKS, although the timing of this intervention and its effect on final language outcome remains to be defined...
A pilot study of psychopathology in Developmental Coordination DisorderD Green
Newcomen Centre, Guy s Hospital, London, UK
Child Care Health Dev 32:741-50. 2006..This paper explores the prevalence of emotional and behavioural disorders in children referred to a Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy service for assessment and treatment of problems with development of motor skills...
The severity and nature of motor impairment in Asperger's syndrome: a comparison with specific developmental disorder of motor functionDido Green
Newcomen Centre, Guy s Hospital, London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 43:655-68. 2002..Children in both groups were required to have a verbal IQ of 80 or greater on the WISC IIIR...
Interface between neurology and psychiatry in childhoodGillian Baird
Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 74:i17-22. 2003
Efficacy of three screening instruments in the identification of autistic-spectrum disordersTony Charman
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Br J Psychiatry 191:554-9. 2007..Screening instruments for autistic-spectrum disorders have not been compared in the same sample...
Validation of the social communication questionnaire in a population cohort of children with autism spectrum disordersSusie Chandler
Guy s and Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 46:1324-32. 2007..To examine the properties of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) in a population cohort of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and in the general population...
Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangementsPeter Szatmari
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
Nat Genet 39:319-28. 2007..Neurexins team with previously implicated neuroligins for glutamatergic synaptogenesis, highlighting glutamate-related genes as promising candidates for contributing to ASDs...
The Social Communication Assessment for Toddlers with Autism (SCATA): an instrument to measure the frequency, form and function of communication in toddlers with autism spectrum disorderAuriol Drew
Newcomen Centre, Guy s Hospital, London, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 37:648-66. 2007..Both frequency and function of communicative acts in toddlerhood were positively associated with later language ability: social acts, comments and initiations showed greater predictive association than requests and responses...
Is 18 months too early for the chat?Tony Charman
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:235-6. 2002
Prevalence of disorders of the autism spectrum in a population cohort of children in South Thames: the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP)Gillian Baird
Newcomen Centre, Guy s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Lancet 368:210-5. 2006..Recent reports have suggested that the prevalence of autism and related spectrum disorders (ASDs) is substantially higher than previously recognised. We sought to quantify prevalence of ASDs in children in South Thames, UK...
Practitioner review: Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in 2- and 3-year-old childrenTony Charman
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 43:289-305. 2002....
Outcome at 7 years of children diagnosed with autism at age 2: predictive validity of assessments conducted at 2 and 3 years of age and pattern of symptom change over timeTony Charman
Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 46:500-13. 2005..To examine the predictive validity of symptom severity, cognitive and language measures taken at ages 2 and 3 years to outcome at age 7 in a sample of children diagnosed with autism at age 2...
Follow-up of children with language delay and features of autism from preschool years to middle childhoodJanine Michelotti
Donald Winnicott Centre, City and Hackney Community Services, NHS Trust, London, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 44:812-9. 2002..The findings are discussed in relation to the unclear boundary between autism spectrum disorders and language delay/disorder...
A pilot randomised control trial of a parent training intervention for pre-school children with autism. Preliminary findings and methodological challengesAuriol Drew
Autism Research Centre, Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 11:266-72. 2002..The difficulties encountered in the conduct of RCTs for pre-school children with autism are discussed. Methodological challenges and strategies for future well-designed RCTs for autism interventions are highlighted...
Research into early intervention for children with autism and related disorders: methodological and design issues. Report on a workshop funded by the Wellcome Trust, Institute of Child Health, London, UK, November 2001Tony Charman
Autism 7:217-25. 2003
Measuring early language development in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (Infant Form)Tony Charman
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College, London
J Child Lang 30:213-36. 2003..The implications for assessment and intervention with preschool children with autism spectrum disorder are discussed...
No evidence for MMR-ASD linkGillian Baird
Practitioner 252:6. 2008
