The environmental and genetic causes of autism / James Lyons-Weiler, PhD.

New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2016]

xx, 298 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Background and concepts -- Symptoms and diagnosis of autism -- Evidence of genetic and epigenetic risk components of autism and autism spectrum disorder -- Speech, language, and communication phenotypes in ADS -- Genetic and environmental factors that influence social cognitive skills in ASD -- Cognitive phenotypes in ASD -- Repetitive motor behaviors and seizure phenotypes -- Sensory phenotypes and sensory processing disorder -- Immunological factors in autism and ASD -- Gastrointestinal and renal phenotypes in ASD -- Neurotoxin-induced autoimmune-mediated neurological damage in autism -- Vaccine-autism studies ignored by the CDC -- Concepts of comorbidity in autism and autism research -- Study designs for meaningful future causal research in autism -- Biological pathways and networks views of autism -- Toward a multidimensional matrix risk model for autism -- The logic of prevention in autism and gene-informed treatment -- Injecting objective association and causal inference into clinical trials, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ASD.