Washington, April 28 (EFE) .- The researchers from the National Institutes of Health U.S. have demonstrated the effectiveness of a test in just five minutes identifies subtle signs of autism in children under one year of age, reported the Journal of Pediatrics.
The exam consists of a questionnaire that parents can fill in the pediatrician's waiting room and help, one day, in the early diagnosis of the disorders on the autism spectrum.
"Screening earlier also respond to the concerns that parents and mothers have about possible symptoms in their children," said Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health.
The identification of autism-related disorders at an early age allows them to quickly begin treatment of children, which greatly improves their development and later learning.
However, many studies show a significant delay between the first time that parents talk about their concerns about their child's behavior and an eventual diagnosis of the disease.
Some children are not diagnosed until they have begun to attend school.
According to the Centers for Disease Control Disorder prevalence U.S. Autism is approximately 1 in every 150 children and the risk is three to four times higher among boys than among girls.
Given the need to improve early detection of these disorders Karen Pierce of the University of California, and colleagues established a network of 137 pediatricians in San Diego County (California).
After a one hour educational seminar, pediatricians examined all patients at one year old, healthy, using a special questionnaire.
The guest-titled Checklist Development Profile, Communication and Symbolic Behavior for infants and toddlers-sense disorder autism, language delays, and delays in development.
also ask those who care for and raise children about the use made of the stares, sounds, words, gestures and objects and other forms of communication appropriate to their age.
Every child who failed the examination were referred for further tests and other evaluation every six months to 3 years old.
Of the 10,479 infants screened, 32 were identified with autism-related disorders.
SOURCE: Yahoo. News
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