Genetic Condition May Be Mistaken for Autism in Some Kids: Report – WebMD: Some children diagnosed with autism may actually have a genetic deletion disorder instead, according to a new study.
These children are often misdiagnosed because the social impairments associated with their developmental delay can resemble features of autism, said the researchers at the University of California, Davis, MIND Institute.
Rates of autism in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome have been reported at between 20 percent and 50 percent. But this study found that none of the 29 children with the syndrome "met strict diagnostic criteria" for autism.
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