title: How common are gastrointestinal disorders in children with autism?
abstract: We could identify no report that describes the prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders in a representative group of children with a diagnosis of autism compared with appropriate controls. Thus, we found no evidence upon which to base a confident conclusion as to whether gastrointestinal symptoms are more common in children with than without autism. However, the frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms observed in population-based samples of autistic children indicate that gastrointestinal problems are not nearly as common in children with autism as reports from pediatric gastroenterology clinics suggest.
authors.affiliation: Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Thea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuddo
authors.forename: Karin B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence