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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 36-38 |
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Autism and X-linked hypophosphatemia: A possible association?
Vermeersch Joel, Hellemans Hans, Deboutte Dirk
University Centre Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (UCKJA), ZNA Middelheim Antwerp, University of Antwerp, CAPRI, Belgium
Correspondence Address:
Vermeersch Joel
(UCKJA) ZNA Middelheim, Lindendreef 1, B-2020 Antwerp
Belgium
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.64937 PMID: 20838491
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We herein report the joint occurrence of an autistic disorder (AD) and X-linked hypophosphatemia. X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), an X-linked dominant disorder, is the most common of the inherited renal phosphate wasting disorders. Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder that occurs mainly due to genetic causes. In approximately 6-15% of cases, the autistic phenotype is a part of a broader genetic condition called syndromic autism.
Therefore, reports of cases with the joint occurrence of a known genetic syndrome and a diagnosis of ASD by a child psychiatrist are relevant. A joint occurrence does not, however, mean that there is always a causal link between the genetic syndrome and the autistic behavioural phenotype. In this case, there are a number of arguments countering a causal link. |
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