Increased blood serotonin and platelets in early infantile autism
ER Ritvo, A Yuwiler, E Geller, EM Ornitz… - Archives of general …, 1970 - jamanetwork.com
BASED on extensive clinical observations, we have suggested that children whose
conditions are variously diagnosed as early infantile autism, atypical ego development,
symbiotic psychosis, and certain cases of childhood schizophrenia suffer from a unitary
disease. 1 Their symptoms can be grouped in five subclusters involving disturbances of (1)
perception,(2) motility,(3) developmental rate,(4) relationships to people and objects, and (5)
language. It appears that the disturbances of perception, motility, and developmental rate …
conditions are variously diagnosed as early infantile autism, atypical ego development,
symbiotic psychosis, and certain cases of childhood schizophrenia suffer from a unitary
disease. 1 Their symptoms can be grouped in five subclusters involving disturbances of (1)
perception,(2) motility,(3) developmental rate,(4) relationships to people and objects, and (5)
language. It appears that the disturbances of perception, motility, and developmental rate …