The Co-Morbidity Burden of Children and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Authors

Isaac S. Kohane · Center for Systems Biology

Andrew McMurry · Boston Children's Hospital

Griffin M. Weber · Harvard University

Douglas MacFadden · Center for Systems Biology

Leonard Rappaport · Boston Children's Hospital

Louis M. Kunkel · Boston Children's Hospital

Jonathan Bickel

Abstract

The comorbidities of ASD encompass disease states that are significantly overrepresented in ASD with respect to even the patient populations of tertiary health centers. This burden of comorbidities goes well beyond those routinely managed in developmental medicine centers and requires broad multidisciplinary management that payors and providers will have to plan for.

Topics & Keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 7, Issue 4, pp. e33224-e33224

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033224

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