Summary:
The research centre will focus on diagnostic aspects of these disorders with a focus on the genetic basis, which will help determine the disorders early. The pediatric department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has started a centre for advanced research and excellence for childhood neurodevelopmental disorders. The centre will largely help patients with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder through genetic tests, advanced diagnostic system, and rehabilitation. Also, the centre aims to make a national registry of these disorders for rehabilitation trials. The doctors will focus on the genetic basis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Epileptic Encephalopathies and Muscular Dystrophies and comprehensive etiological work-up of Acute Encephalitis Syndromes..