AU - Kiani, Arezoo AU - Shahrivar, Zahra AU - Tehranidoost, Mehdi AU - Mokhtari Habashi, Gholamreza TI - FACIAL RECOGNITION INSIBLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISTIC DISORDER PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - URMIAMJ JN - URMIAMJ VO - 24 VI - 10 IP - 10 4099 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-1996-en.html 4100 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-1996-en.pdf SO - URMIAMJ 10 AB  -     Background & Aims : Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with associated cognitive deficits. Some of these deficits such as face recognition deficit have been reported in siblings of children with autism.   Materials & Methods: This study was conducted on twenty (6-14 y/o) siblings of children with autism referring to child and adolescence clinic of Roozbeh hospital in Tehran in 2008-2009 and twenty (6-14y/o) health school students. Psychiatric disorders were diagnosed by a psychiatrist, and K_SADS_PL semi-structure interview in both group. And autistic spectrum symptoms were gathered and then evaluated by with CARS questioner, IQ scores with Raven's tests, and Benton face recognition test.   Results: Results of this study showed that there is no significant difference in face recognition test responses between two groups. But sex and age had a positive correlation with face recognition ability.   Conclusion : Deficit in face recognition may be an endophenotype of autism but this study does not demonstrate it.     SOURCE: URMIA MED J 2013: 24(10): 830 ISSN: 1027-3727 CP - IRAN IN - Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran Medical University, Tehran, Iran Tel: +98 9125272369 LG - eng PB - URMIAMJ PG - 823 PT - Research YR - 2013