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Anthropometric assessment of a Middle Eastern group of autistic children.
World journal of pediatrics : WJP - 1 Nov 2014
Meguid Nagwa A, Kandeel Wafaa A, Wakeel Khaled E, El-Nofely Aly A
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BACKGROUND: Growth abnormalities are uniquely associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); however, the extent to which growth abnormalities are present has hardly been investigated. The current study aims to compare the differences in anthropometric parameters in a group of autistic Egyptian children and the healthy normal population. METHODS: We recruited 100 children with ASD from the Outpatient Clinic for...
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