New Developments in Autism Treatment

New developments in autism.

The substantial increase in the prevalence of autism necessitates that practicing physicians become more familiar with the presentation of symptoms to improve early diagnoses and interventions, thus improving the prognosis for affected children. Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with a triad of core impairments in social interactions, repetitive behaviors, and communication. Clini...

Some New Developments in Small Area Estimation

Small area estimation has received a lot of attention in recent years due to growing demand for reliable small area statistics. Traditional area-specific estimators may not provide adequate precision because sample sizes in small areas are seldom large enough. This makes it necessary to employ indirect estimators based on linking models. Basic area level and unit level models have been extensiv...

[New developments in glaucoma medical treatment].

The medical treatment of glaucoma has undergone significant development in recent years. Research in this field is focused on improving pre-existing drugs and on the development of new molecules. In relation to commercial drugs, there is a trend to improve local tolerance, using less toxic preservatives as in the case of sofZIA in travoprost, and eliminating the preservatives as in tafluprost. ...

New Treatment Perspectives in Autism Spectrum Disorders

In the past 10 years, research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has made a considerable progress, leading to the identification of a number of genes and signaling pathways associated to ASD pathogenesis. Nevertheless, our understanding of the complexity of these disorders remains elusive, and effective treatments are still lacking (1). In this e-book, we present 16 articles addressing several...

What’s New In Autism: Etiologies and Treatment