Info on Autism sibling study at Kennedy Krieger

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Does anyone have info on sibling study to aid early detection at

Kennedy Krieger?

Thanks

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They like to use siblings to find a pool of children at higher risk of

developing ASD.

Look here

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research-funding/scientific-meetings/recurring-meetings/\

iacc/nih-initiatives/staart/staart-network-centers-kennedy-krieger-institute.sht\

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http://www.kennedykrieger.org/kki_news.jsp?pid=6521

http://www.kennedykrieger.org/kki_news.jsp?pid=2306

Search for Sibling or Landa (Becky Landa, director KKI CARD)

Is there something in particular you're looking for. There are often

announcements on the local boards when they are starting a new study.

I can take a look.

From a press release:

" Dr. Landa's study involves the enrollment of more than 300 infant

siblings of children with autism and testing them at 6, 14, 24 and 36

months of age to identify " markers " in behavior that will help in the

early diagnosis of the disorder, which typically is not diagnosed

until age 3 or later. The project has been expanded to develop

diagnostic criteria for use in infants 18 months of age and to examine

the brain basis of the expression of social and communicative

abnormalities. "

Pete (in Baltimore)

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> Does anyone have info on sibling study to aid early detection at

> Kennedy Krieger?

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> Thanks

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