title: [Autism of early childhood as a consequence organic damage of the brain at an early age].
abstract: The original papers by Kanner stressed the significance of psychogenic etiology rather than the possibility of an organic brain damage. In accord with recent literature the authors find in children suffering from this disturbance, who have been observed for several years, syndromes showing a certain degree of organic brain damage possibly of perinatal origin. EEG examination in all children shows more or less an obvious electric deviation with an indefinite maximum of slow activity in temporal areas. On the basis of observation of these children during their adolescence the authors press the work hypothesis that some adults with marked traits of autism diagnosed schizophrenia simplex represent only an adult variant of early infantile autism.
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development
vernacular_title: L'autisme de la première enfance comme suite des endommagements organiques du cerveau à l'âgé précoce.