7th Annual International Meeting For Autism Research ... - Confex

Program
Poster Presentations
146 Clinical Phenotype Posters 2
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Champagne Terrace/Bordeaux
10:00 76 146.1
Aberrant Signal Transduction And Membrane Abnormalities In
Autism. V. Chauhan* and A. Chauhan, NYS Institute for Basic
Research in Developmental Disabilities
10:00 77 146.2
Trends in U.S. Autism Research. J. Singh*, J. Illes, L. Lazzeroni
and J. Hallmayer, Stanford University
11:00 78 146.3
Trajectories of Cognitive Development in Later-born Siblings of
Children with ASD. J. H. Foss-Feig*, C. R. McMahon, P. J. Yoder
and W. L. Stone, Vanderbilt University
11:00 79 146.4
Developmental Trajectories of Social-Communicative Abilities in
Younger Siblings of Children with ASD. E. E. Malesa*, J. H. Foss-
Feig, C. R. McMahon, T. A. Walden, P. J. Yoder and W. A. Stone,
Vanderbilt University
12:00 80 146.5
Personality style of fathers of children with autism spectrum
disorders and impact on parenting experience. B. H.
Freedman* 1 , J. Stella Durocher 2 , M. Alessandri 2 and S. Valley-
Gray 1 , (1)Nova Southeastern University, (2)University of Miami
12:00 81 146.6 FEVER IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD):
SPONTANEOUS REPORTS. A. W. Zimmerman*, S. L. Connors and
L. K. Curran, Kennedy Krieger Institute
10:00 82 146.7 Language and Intellectual Ability Differentially
Moderate Outcome in High Functioning Autism and Asperger
Syndrome. D. O. Black* 1 , G. L. Wallace 1 , L. K. Case 1 , J. L.
Sokoloff 2 , J. Strang 2 , J. A. Silvers 1 and L. Kenworthy 2 , (1)NIMH,
(2)Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington
University
10:00 83 146.8
Reconceptualizing Autistic Spectrum Disorders as Autistic
Learning Disabilities. B. Siegel*, University of California, San
Francisco
11:00 84 146.9
Pilot Study: An Etiologic Classification Of Pervasive
Developmental Disorders. L. Gabis* 1 , Y. Kesner-Baruch 1 and J.
C. Pomeroy 2 , (1)Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine,
(2)Stony Brook University Medical Center
11:00 85 146.10
Psychiatric And Autistic Comorbidity In Fragile X Syndrome
Across Ages. Y. Kesner-Baruch* 1 , J. Evron 1 and L. Gabis 2 , (1)
Sheba Medical Center, (2)Tel-Aviv University Sackler School of
Medicine
12:00 86 146.11
Sex differences in core autism symptoms in cases with autistic
disorder. L. Hjort* 1 , E. Parner 1 , M. B. Lauritsen 2 , M. Jørgensen 3 ,
S. Lemcke 1 , S. Toft 3 and P. Thorsen 1 , (1)University of Aarhus,
(2)Regional Psychiatric Center for Children and Adolescents,
(3)Århus University Hospital, Regional Psychiatric Center for
Children and Adolescents
12:00 87 146.12
Language Profiles and Memory Components in Specific
Language Impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorders in
Relation to the Broader Phenotype. K. Dworzynski* 1 , G. Baird 2 ,
V. Slonims 3 and E. Simonoff 4 , (1)Institute of Psychiatry, King’s
College London, (2)Guy’s Hospital, (3)Guy’s and St. Thomas’
NHS Trust, (4)Institute of Psychiatry
12:00 88 146.13
Social Cognition in the Broader Autism Phenotype. K. B. White*,
S. Wallace, J. Parr, M. N. Coutanche, S. Foley, A. Bailey and I.
M.G.S.C., University of Oxford
10:00 89 146.14
Comparison Of Behavioral And Symptomatic Characteristics
Between Asperger’s Disorder And Attention-Deficit /
Hyperactivity Disorder: A Sample Of Taiwanese Children. T.
N. Tsai* 1 , S. R. Lee 2 , C. C. Chao 1 , Y. Y. Wu 2 , Z. Y. Yen 1 and L. Y.
Wang 1 , (1)Chang Gung University, (2)Chang Gung Memorial
Hospital
10:00 90 146.15
Factors Associated With Timing Of Diagnosis In A Large Sample
Of Preschool Children With ASD. M. Steiman* 1 , R. Simon 1 ,
E. Fombonne 1 , L. Zwaigenbaum 2 , P. Szatmari 3 , S. Bryson 4 , P.
Mirenda 5 , W. Roberts 6 , I. M. Smith 7 , T. Vaillancourt 3 , J. Volden 2 , C.
Waddell 8 , S. Georgiades 9 and E. Duku 10 , (1)Montreal Children’s
Hospital, (2)University of Alberta, (3)Offord Centre for Child
Studies, McMaster University, (4)Dalhousie University/IWK
Health Centre, (5)University of British Columbia, (6)Hospital
for Sick Children, (7)Autism Research Centre, (8)Simon Fraser
University, (9)Offord Centre for Child Studies & McMaster
University, (10)McMaster University
11:00 91 146.16
Finite Mixture Modeling of Multidimensional Cognitive Style in
Autism. J. Breidbord*, S. Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright and B.
Chakrabarti, Cambridge University
11:00 92 146.17
Mitochondrial abnormalities in lymphoblasts from autism.
A. Chauhan*, M. M. Essa, B. Muthaiyah, W. T. Brown and V.
Chauhan, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental
Disabilities
12:00 93 146.18
Autism Symptoms In Children With Down Syndrome: Reliability
Of Diagnostic Tools And Potential Impact Of Within-Child
Factors On Symptom Presentation. S. Hepburn* 1 , N. R. Lee 1 ,
A. Philofsky 1 , A. Blakeley-Smith 1 , K. Ridge 1 , D. Fidler 2 , C.
DiGuiseppi 3 , L. Miller 4 and C. Robinson 1 , (1)University of
Colorado at Denver, (2)Colorado State University, (3)University
of Colorado, Denver, (4)Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment
12:00 94 146.19
Broader Autism Phenotype as a Predictor of Marital Quality
in Parents of Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. N. A.
Edwards* 1 , S. A. Grossman 1 , M. B. Kadlec 1 and A. S. Carter 2 , (1)
Boston University, (2)University of Massachusetts, Boston
12:00 95 146.20 Increased oxidative damage and free radical
generation in lymphoblasts from autism. M. M. Essa* 1 , B.
Muthaiyah 1 , V. Chauhan 1 , W. T. Brown 2 and A. Chauhan 1 , (1)NYS
Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, (2)
New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental
Disabilities
10:00 96 146.21
Etiologic Investigation of 654 patients with Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD): the experience at Hospital Pediátrico de
Coimbra in Portugal. G. Oliveira* 1 , J. Almeida 1 , R. Lontro 1 , C.
Café 1 , S. Mouga 1 , C. Lobo 1 , T. Miguel 1 , J. Saraiva 1 , A. Coutinho 2 ,
I. Carreira 3 and A. M. Vicente 4 , (1)Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra,
(2)Instituto Medicina Molecular, (3)Universidade de Coimbra, (4)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência/Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr.
Ricardo Jorge
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