Season of birth in infantile autism |
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| Authors: | M. Mary Konstantareas Peter Hauser Carolyn Lennox Soula Homatidis |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Child and Family Studies Centre, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, M5T 1R8 Toronto, Ontario;(2) Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Geneva Centre for Autism, Toronto, Canada |
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Existing evidence suggests an excess of winter births in schizophrenia and inconsistent results for other psychiatric conditions. The present study examined seasonal effects of birth among autistic individuals. Results revealed an excess of spring and carly summer births and an underrepresentation of winter and fall births. However, this pattern was obtained only for the male, nonverbal, and lower-functioning autistic subgroup.This project was supported in part by the Ontario Mental Health Foundation Grant #988-84/86. |
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