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Maternal infection and immune involvement in autism.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Jul 2011
Patterson Paul H
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have highlighted a connection between infection during pregnancy and the increased risk of autism in the offspring. Parallel studies of cerebral spinal fluid, blood and postmortem brains reveal an ongoing, hyper-responsive inflammatory-like state in many young as well as adult autism subjects. There are also indications of gastrointestinal problems in at least a subset of autistic children. Work on...
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