Is Autism a Neurodevelopmental Disease Due to Chronic Inflammation of the Central Nervous System (Cns)?

Document Type : review article

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Children’s Hospital ‘Agia Sophia’, Athens, Greece.

Abstract

Background: Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are still regarded and treated as psychiatric disorders. A lot of research evidence supports the inflammatory basis of ASDs implicating a new basis for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. 
Methods: An extended recording of relative literature and new research findings.
Results: The genetic background of ASDs is analyzed. The inflammatory molecular basis of autism is emphasized.
Conclusions: Although autism is diagnosed based on psychiatric criteria and treated with mainly antipsychotic drugs, a multidisciplinary approach should be established taking into account new research findings, incorporating them to treatment.

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Journal of Pediatric Perspectives
Volume 12, Issue 7
July 2024
Pages 18931-18940

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