The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 535-540.e1 , April 2009

Positive Screening on the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns

  • Karl C.K. Kuban, MD, SMEpi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Karl Kuban, MD, SMEpi, One Boston Medical Center Place, Dowling 3 South, Boston, MA 02118
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  • T. Michael O'Shea, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Elizabeth N. Allred, MS

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Boston, MA
    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA
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  • Helen Tager-Flusberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology & Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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  • Donald J. Goldstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
    • ,
  • Alan Leviton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Received 1 July 2008 ,Revised 22 August 2008 ,Accepted 7 October 2008.

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 All of the authors are members of the ELGAN Study Group.

 Supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (cooperative agreement 1 U01 NS 40069-01A2). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00881-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.011

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 535-540.e1 , April 2009

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