ReviewWorld journal of psychiatry2021
Gastrointestinal disease in children with autism spectrum disorders: Etiology or consequence?
Review in World journal of psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Elevated Rates of Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Not Just an Autism Issue.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
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- The impact of the Schmetterling NBI Program on selective eating behavior: evaluation of creative therapeutic interventions across three families of children with autism spectrum disorder.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Faecal inflammatory protein markers in children with autism spectrum disorder are comparable to their healthy siblings.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The brain-gut axis in autism spectrum disorder: from gastrointestinal dysfunction to neuroimmune mechanisms.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Advancement on the Association between Gut Microbiota and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children.Annals of nutrition & metabolism · 2026Review
- Parallel paths: A narrative review exploring autism and its co-occurring conditions.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Review
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- Microbiome-Gut-Mucosal-Immune-Brain Axis and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Novel Proposal of the Role of the Gut Microbiome in ASD Aetiology.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Synchrony 2022: Catalyzing Research and Treatments to Benefit Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorders.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Gastrointestinal Disorders and Food Selectivity: Relationship with Sleep and Challenging Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiation by Inflammation-Facilitated Neurotoxin Transport.Neurochemical research · 2022Review
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Abstract
Chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and disorders are common in children with autism spectrum disorder and have been shown to be significantly correlated with the degree of behavioral and cognitive impairment. In this unique population, GI symptoms often arise very early in development, during infancy or toddlerhood, and may be misdiagnosed - or not diagnosed at all - due in part to the challenges associated with recognition of symptoms in a minimally or non-communicative child. Evidence demonstrating that the gut-brain-axis can communicate gut dysbiosis and systemic immune dysregulation in a bidirectional manner raises the question as to whether an untreated gastrointestinal disorder can directly impact neurodevelopment or, conversely, whether having a neurodevelopmental disorder predisposes a child to chronic GI issues. From the data presented in this mini review, we conclude that the preponderance of available evidence would suggest the former scenario is more strongly supported.
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