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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 83-95Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3697-4
Keywords
Physical health; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Attention-deficit; hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Learning disorder (LD); Twins
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- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
- Swedish Research Council
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With increasing numbers of children being diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) attention has been drawn to these children's physical health. We aimed to identify the prevalence of defined physical problems (epilepsy, migraine, asthma, cancer, diabetes, psoriasis, lactose intolerance, celiac disease, diarrhea, constipation, daytime enuresis, encopresis) in a nationwide population of 9- and 12-year-old twins subdivided into those with and without indications of NDDs. Parents of 28,058 twins participated in a well-validated telephone interview regarding their children's mental health and answered questions about their physical problems. The results indicate a high rate of physical problems in children with NDDs, particularly in those with indications of the presence of combinations of several NDDs.
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