孤独症谱系障碍的研究进展

Advances in research of autism spectrum disorders

孤独症谱系障碍是一组并不少见的以社会交往障碍、交流障碍和狭隘重复性行为为特征的疾病,在过去的十年,孤独症的流行病学、病因、早期诊断、早期干预和预后等领域取得了诸多重要进展,文章对此作一阐述。

Autism spectrum disorders（ASD） are a group of diseases manifested with impaired social communication,reciprocal social interaction,and restricted and repetitive behaviors.Sufficient evidences showed that ASD isn＇t a rare condition as we thought previously.In the field of etiology,diagnosis,early detection,early intervention and prognosis related to ASD,a lot of progress have been achieved during the past decade.This review will give a brief introduction to the new development of ASD studies in recent years.