Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of postmortem cases
| Age at death (years) | Diagnosis | Postmortem interval (hours) | Hemisphere | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Autism | 24 | Right | Choking |
| 11 | Control | 30 | Left | Cardiac arrest |
| 14 | Control | 19 | Right | Drowning |
| 15 | Autism | 3 | Right | Pneumonia |
| 15 | Autism | 12 | Right | Drowning |
| 16 | Autism | 47 | Right | Stopped breathing |
| 17 | Control | 24 | Left | Motor vehicle accident |
| 18 | Control | 20 | Left | Drowning |
| 20 | Autism | 24 | Right | Motor vehicle accident |
| 24 | Control | 19 | Right | Chest gunshot wound |
| 25 | Control | 19 | Left | Drowning |
| 27 | Control | 21 | Right | Hanging |
| 27 | Control | 21 | Left | Cardiac arrest |
| 28 | Autism | 18 | Left | Carbon monoxide |
| 32 | Control | 17 | Left | Arteriosclerosis |
| 35 | Autism | 17 | Left | Pneumonia |
| 36 | Autism | 24 | Left | Cardiac arrest |
| 44 | Autism | 31 | Left | Heart disease |
| 44 | Control | 26 | Left | Pneumonia |