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SUBMITTER: Mahajnah M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4422995 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mahajnah Muhammad M Sharkia Rajech R Shalabe Haitham H Terkel-Dawer Ruth R Akawi Ashraf A Zelnik Nathanel N
BioMed research international 20150423
Despite the increased global prevalence and recognition of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), it is still scarcely reported in the Arab world. Though Israel has a higher prevalence of ASD, a previous national survey of patients diagnosed between 1972 and 2004, demonstrated that 98% of them were of Jewish ancestry. The disproportional low number of Arab children with ASD in Israel is unclear but may reflect lower awareness and cultural bias. In the present study we collected clinical and demograph ...[more]