2011
Poor fine‐motor and visuospatial skills predict persistence of pediatric‐onset obsessive‐compulsive disorder into adulthood
Bloch MH, Sukhodolsky DG, Dombrowski PA, Panza KE, Craiglow BG, Landeros‐Weisenberger A, Leckman JF, Peterson BS, Schultz RT. Poor fine‐motor and visuospatial skills predict persistence of pediatric‐onset obsessive‐compulsive disorder into adulthood. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2011, 52: 974-983. PMID: 21244423, PMCID: PMC3625937, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02366.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term outcomesVisual-motor integrationPoor long-term outcomesCox proportional hazards modelBeery-Buktenica TestPediatric-onset obsessive-compulsive disorderFine motor skill deficitsPurdue pegboard taskCourse of symptomsProportional hazards modelPurdue Pegboard TestComorbid tic disordersAge of onsetVisuospatial skillsFuture longitudinal studiesOCD symptomsFine motor skillsCases remitNonverbal memory performanceObsessive-compulsive disorderNeuropsychiatric deficitsTic disordersMAIN OUTCOMEPegboard TestNeuropsychological testing
2009
Autism spectrum and obsessive–compulsive disorders: OC behaviors, phenotypes and genetics
Jacob S, Landeros‐Weisenberger A, Leckman JF. Autism spectrum and obsessive–compulsive disorders: OC behaviors, phenotypes and genetics. Autism Research 2009, 2: 293-311. PMID: 20029829, PMCID: PMC3974607, DOI: 10.1002/aur.108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveChild, PreschoolComorbidityDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease Models, AnimalDiseases in TwinsGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansInfantIntellectual DisabilityInterview, PsychologicalNeuropsychological TestsObsessive-Compulsive DisorderPhenotypeQuantitative Trait, HeritableStereotyped BehaviorConceptsAutism spectrum disorderObsessive-compulsive behaviorObsessive-compulsive disorderNovel treatment interventionsFamily genetic studiesAutism spectrumGeneralist genesOC behaviorSpectrum disorderRare genetic variantsASD variesHeritable endophenotypeASD phenotypeCandidate gene studiesNovel genomic technologiesNonparametric linkage analysisInnovative statistical approachChronological ageGenetic mechanismsGenomic technologiesTreatment interventionsGenetic analysisGenetic influencesLinkage analysisGene studies