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Do children with autism have March birthdays?
Author(s) -
Gillberg C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb01373.x
Subject(s) - autism , asperger syndrome , population , psychology , infantile autism , psychiatry , developmental disorder , pediatrics , medicine , developmental psychology , environmental health
One hundred people with autistic disorder (DSM‐III‐R) without a known cause who comprised a total population of children with autism were compared with “autistic‐like” children, Asperger syndrome and age‐matched comparison children from the general population and were examined with regard to month of birth. There was an excess of March birth in the group of children with autism. The possible reasons for this finding are discussed.