Indications:
Behavioral / Development
Study Description:
An NIH-sponsored autism research study at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute is recruiting children 3-10 years of age with the diagnosis of autistic disorder, their siblings, and also control/unaffected children. The study is directed by Dr. S. Jill James, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, who will analyze blood samples from these children as well as their parents and their siblings to better understand the metabolic pathology that may contribute to the symptoms and development of autism.
The research study is also recruiting children with normal and abnormal social development who are 18-36 months of age to test whether specific metabolic biomarkers are predictive of a diagnosis of autism.
For more information about this study, please call the study coordinator, Lisa Seidel, at 501-364-4669 or toll-free at 1-800-283-7428.
Eligibility Requirements:
Autism Study
1. 3-10 year olds with a diagnosis of autistic disorder (not PPD-NOS or Asperger’s)
2. 3-10 year old siblings of the autistic child
3. Parents of children with autism
4. Control children study: 3-10 year old unaffected children to be used for controls (not siblings)
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