ASD is progressively increasing; the rate of autism was 3.4 per 1,000 for children aged 3 to 10 years in the 1990s. Meanwhile, in 2006, the prevalence estimates are in the range of 6.5 to 6.6 per 1,000 and recently 1 in 160 children have ASD. Though classified as a neurodevelopmental condition, ASD
The investigators included 60 children (mean age: 3.1yrs, range 0.3-12years) with a diagnosis of AG, referred between April and July 2017 to the Department of Translational Medicine, section of Pediatric, University of Naples Federico II.
Patients enrolled were children from 3 months to 12 years