title: Movements in autistic disorder.
abstract: Autistic disorder, an extremely disabling syndrome with onset in early childhood, is associated with multiple comorbid conditions. Although autistic disorder is heterogeneous in its manifestations, there is a subgroup of individuals with autistic disorder who display movements that appear to be unique for the disorders. Hand flapping and a variety of movements termed stereotypies may be pathognomonic of autistic disorder. Therefore, identification of a movement disorder characteristic of autistic disorder may imply that the individual has autistic disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, 10016-6481, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Brasić
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000150:complications*