Deficits in social behavior in autism and their modification by a synthetic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (4-9) analog. |
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| Authors: | J K Buitelaar H van Engeland C H de Kogel H de Vries J A van Hooff J M van Ree |
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| Institution: | Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Utrecht University Hospital, The Netherlands. |
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| Abstract: | When charting the structure of the social behavior of autistic children by means of an ethologically analyzed playroom session, deficits appeared in the reciprocity of eye-contact and in the location of verbal initiatives. These deficits in social behavior were beneficially influenced by treatment with the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (4-9) analog ORG 2766. |
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