We review research evidence on the emergence and development of active “self-and-other”
awareness in infancy, and examine the importance of its motives and emotions to mental …

Since autism was first recognized as a disorder in 1943, speculation about its aetiology has
ranged from biological to psychological and back again. After twin studies during the 1970s …

ContextConsiderable concern has been generated in the lay and medical communities by a
theory that increased measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization among young children …

Objective: To estimate changes in the risk of autism and assess the relation of autism to the
mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Design: Time trend analysis of data from the …

Objective. A link has been postulated between measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and
a form of autism that is a combination of developmental regression and gastrointestinal …

The hypothesis that MMR vaccines cause autism was first raised by reports of cases in
which developmental regression occurred soon after MMR vaccination. A previous study …

One of the most active areas of current research in the field of developmental disorders is
autism. Since the NIH State of the Science conference, held in 1995 (Bristol et al.[1996] J …

Objectives: We have reported colitis with ileal lymphoid nodular hyperplasia (LNH) in
children with regressive autism. The aims of this study were to characterize this lesion and …

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) is not well
established and needs monitoring. The prevalence of PDD in the 1999 nationwide British …

Primary care physicians have the opportunity, especially within the context of the medical
home, to be the first point of contact when parents have concerns about their child's …