Facial Structure Analysis Separates Autism Spectrum Disorders into Meaningful Clinical Subgroups.

Varied cluster analysis were applied to facial surface measurements from 62 prepubertal boys with essential autism to determine whether facial morphology constitutes viable biomarker for delineation of discrete Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) subgroups. Earlier study indicated utility of facial morp...

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Publicado en:Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 1302 - 1318
Autores principales: Obafemi-Ajayi, Tayo, Miles, Judith, Takahashi, T., Qi, Wenchuan, Aldridge, Kristina, Zhang, Minqi, Xin, Shi-Qing, He, Ying, Duan, Ye
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature May2015
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          Miles, Judith
          Takahashi, T.
          Qi, Wenchuan
          Aldridge, Kristina
          Zhang, Minqi
          Xin, Shi-Qing
          He, Ying
          Duan, Ye
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          Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms
          Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis
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          Child: 6-12 years
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      ab: Varied cluster analysis were applied to facial surface measurements from 62 prepubertal boys with essential autism to determine whether facial morphology constitutes viable biomarker for delineation of discrete Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) subgroups. Earlier study indicated utility of facial morphology for autism subgrouping (Aldridge et al. in Mol Autism 2(1):15, ). Geodesic distances between standardized facial landmarks were measured from three-dimensional stereo-photogrammetric images. Subjects were evaluated for autism-related symptoms, neurologic, cognitive, familial, and phenotypic variants. The most compact cluster is clinically characterized by severe ASD, significant cognitive impairment and language regression. This verifies utility of facially-based ASD subtypes and validates Aldridge et al.'s severe ASD subgroup, notwithstanding different techniques. It suggests that language regression may define a unique ASD subgroup with potential etiologic differences.
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