ASD

Introduction: ASD

Description of ASD

ASD (medical condition): Group of developmental disorders often recognized before 3 years of age....more »

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Pervasive developmental disorders:
  »Introduction: Pervasive developmental disorders
  »Symptoms of Pervasive developmental disorders

ASD: Defects in the septum between the atria of the heart, due to failure of fusion between either the septum secundum or the septum primum and the endocardial cushions.
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ASD: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for ASD:

• Septum
• Atria
• Heart
• Heart symptoms (2927 causes)
• Heart disease (106 causes)
• Heart disorder
• Heart pain
• Failure
• Fusion

ASD as a Disease

ASD: Another name for Pervasive developmental disorders (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Pervasive developmental disorders
  »Symptoms of Pervasive developmental disorders

ASD: Related Diseases

ASD: ASD is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Autistic conditions
• Intellectual or developmental disabilities
• Speech and communication conditions
• Child health conditions

Causes of ASD

Some of the causes of ASD are included in the list below:

• Lutembacher syndrome
• Ivemark syndrome
• Golabi-Ito-Hall syndrome
• Ebstein's anomaly
• Endocardial cushion defect

See full list of 15 causes of ASD (Pervasive developmental disorders)

Symptoms of ASD (Pervasive developmental disorders)

Some of the symptoms of ASD incude:

• Communication problems
• Language difficulty
• Impaired social interaction
• Difficulty relating to people
• Unusual play

See full list of 8 symptoms of ASD (Pervasive developmental disorders)

ASD: Article Excerpts about Pervasive developmental disorders

The diagnostic category pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) refers to a group of disorders characterized ... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Pervasive Developmental Disorders Information Page: NINDS)

ASD: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to ASD:

• brain development disorder
• Asperger syndrome
• autism spectrum disoders
• birth defects
• childhood vaccines
• compulsive behaviour
• self-injury
• ritualistic behaviour
• poor motor tone
• poor motor planning
• autism

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• Atrial septal defect

Source: Diseases Database

External links related to: ASD

• eMedicine - Atrial Septal Defect : Article by Jeffrey C Milliken, MD
• OMIM - ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT 1; ASD1
• Atrial Septal Defect
• eMedicine - Atrial Septal Defect, Ostium Secundum : Article by Ira H Gessner, MD
• atrial septal defect - General Practice Notebook
• Atrial Septal Defect - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Atrial Septal Defect, Ostium Primum : Article by Shannon M Rivenes, MD
• atrial septal defect (ASD)

Source: Diseases Database

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