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Auditory brainstem responses were compared in 24 autistic children, 7 children with other childhood psychoses, and 31 normal children. One-third of the autistic children showed abnormal ABR indicative of brainstem dysfunction and correlating with muscular hypotonia and severe language impairment. The children with other psychoses and the normal children showed normal results.
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This work has been supported by grants from the Rädda Barnens Riksförbund, Sweden, and the Foundation of Magnus Bergwall to the first and second author, respectively.
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Gillberg, C., Rosenhall, U. & Johansson, E. Auditory brainstem responses in childhood psychosis. J Autism Dev Disord 13, 181–195 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01531818
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