Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.
Global prevalence of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders.
Maternal metabolic conditions and risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Mitochondrial dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
What's happening now
An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.
Research activity
Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.
Major themes5
- Autism Spectrum Disorder1
- Autistic Disorder1
- Child Development Disorders, Pervasive1
- Global Health1
- Psychiatry1
Leading journals3
- Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research2
- Molecular psychiatry1
- Pediatrics1
Leading researchers8
- Baker AS1
- Bremer AA1
- Divan G1
- Elsabbagh M1
- Fombonne E1
- Frye RE1
- Hansen RL1
- Hertz-Picciotto I1
Affiliations (unnormalised)5
- Autism Research Centre1
- Institute of Evolutionary Medicine1
- International Child Development Resource Center1
- Montreal Children's Hospital1
- University of California1
Related conditions
Diseases frequently studied alongside this one. Number shows shared papers.
Reference
Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.
Severe distortions in the development of many basic psychological functions that are not normal for any stage in development. These distortions are manifested in sustained social impairment, speech abnormalities, and peculiar motor movements.
- Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
- Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
- Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.