Pervasive Developmental Disorder: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

personality developmental disorder, PDD, autistic disorder, autism, Rett disorder, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, Asperger disorder, Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, childhood disintegration, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, schizophrenia, anxiety, regression, language delay, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, tuberous sclerosis, phenylketonuria, neurofibromatosis, Down syndrome, congenital rubella

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Sufen Chiu, MD, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor (Volunteer Faculty), University of California Davis Medical School; Consulting Staff, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of Sacramento County; Consulting Staff, Sutter Center for Psychiatry; Consulting Staff, Transcultural Wellness Center
Sufen Chiu, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychiatric Association, California Medical Association, and Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society
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Coauthor(s)

Randi Jenssen Hagerman, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director MIND Institute, Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research, Division of Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics, University of California Davis Medical Center
Randi Jenssen Hagerman, MD, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society of Human Genetics, Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Society for Pediatric Research, and Western Society for Pediatric Research
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Henrietta Leonard, MD, Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Development, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University
Henrietta Leonard, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, and Association for Academic Psychiatry
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Carol Diane Berkowitz, MD, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Professor, Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
Carol Diane Berkowitz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, American Pediatric Society, and North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
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Carrie Sylvester, MD, MPH, Director of Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School
Carrie Sylvester, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Women's Association, American Psychiatric Association, and American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
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Chief Editor

Caroly Pataki, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Division Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Director of Training, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Caroly Pataki, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Academy of Sciences, and Physicians for Social Responsibility
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