title: Autistic behaviour in Moebius syndrome.
abstract: Seventeen children and young adults with Moebius syndrome were examined with a view to finding symptoms of autism. Some 40% of the group showed all or many of the symptoms typical of autistic disorder. The high frequency of autistic symptoms in Moebius syndrome might be a marked overrepresentation and could be suggestive of a common underlying neurobiological deficit at the brainstem level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steffenburg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome