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Association of family history of autoimmune diseases and autism spectrum disorders.
Pediatrics - 1 Aug 2009
Atladóttir Hjördís O, Pedersen Marianne G, Thorsen Poul, Mortensen Preben Bo, Deleuran Bent, Eaton William W, Parner Erik T
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OBJECTIVES: Recent studies suggest that familial autoimmunity plays a part in the pathogenesis of ASDs. In this study we investigated the association between family history of autoimmune diseases (ADs) and ASDs/infantile autism. We perform confirmatory analyses based on results from previous studies, as well as various explorative analyses. METHODS: The study cohort consisted of all of the children born in...
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