Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 256-266.e2 , March 2010

A Prospective Study of the Emergence of Early Behavioral Signs of Autism

  • Sally Ozonoff, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Ozonoff, M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California Davis Health System, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento CA 95817
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  • Ana-Maria Iosif, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis
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  • Fam Baguio, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis
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  • Ian C. Cook, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis
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  • Monique Moore Hill, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis
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  • Ted Hutman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Los Angeles
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  • Sally J. Rogers, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis
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  • Agata Rozga, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Los Angeles
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  • Sarabjit Sangha, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis
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  • Marian Sigman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Los Angeles
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  • Mary Beth Steinfeld, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis
    • ,
  • Gregory S. Young, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Davis

,Accepted 30 November 2009.

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 This article is discussed in an editorial by Dr. Tony Charman on p. 208.

 Supplemental material cited in this article is available online.

 This study was supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health: R01 MH068398 (Ozonoff) and U54 MH068172 (Sigman).

 Editorial support for the preparation of this article was provided by Diane Larzelere, UC Davis.

 Disclosure: Drs. Ozonoff, Iosif, Cook, Hutman, Rogers, Rozga, Sigman, Steinfeld, and Young, and Mr. Baguio, Ms. Hill, and Ms. Sangha report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(09)00031-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2009.11.009

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 256-266.e2 , March 2010

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