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AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: AN OVERVIEW ON DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
after Vitamin A supplementation, in addition to ATEC to document improvement following an intervention by comparing the baseline.
Results: We included 30 ASD children and 30 normal children in the control group. The age of the participants was with a mean and sd of 5.33±1.7. according to gender of both groups, we had 76.7% males and 23.3% females. In addition, we observed that 33.3% of ASD patients had a family history of similar cases; either brother, cousin, or uncle. According to Childhood Autism Rating Scale of the patients at baseline, 73.3% had mild to moderate ASD symptoms, while 26.7% had severe symptoms; The overall Mean and SD of the participants was 34.97 ± 3.02. Moreover, we observed a statistical decrease of Vitamin A level in the study group compared to the control group with a mean of 133.85, and 207.43, respectively. Not only that, but about two-thirds of the patients in both groups had low levels of vitamin A, considering that Vitamin A level ≥ 200 was considered normal.
Conclusion: However, Vitamin A deficiency is popular in the developing countries including Egypt, yet ASD children had lower Vitamin A levels than normal children. In addition, Vitamin A supplementation seemed to significantly improve autistic symptoms of our patients.