Head Circumference in Autism, Asperger Syndrome and ADHD

Abstract

Occipitofrontal circumference (OFC), measured at birth and after 16 months of age, was compared in 50 consecutive patients with Asperger syndrome, 50 diagnosed with autistic disorder, and 50 with ADHD and followed at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Goteborg University, Sweden.

Keywords

• occipitofrontal circumference
• asperger syndrome
• perinatal asphyxia