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Prenatal maternal stress predicts autism traits in 6½ year-old children: Project Ice Storm.
Psychiatry research - 30 Oct 2014
Walder Deborah J, Laplante David P, Sousa-Pires Alexandra, Veru Franz, Brunet Alain, King Suzanne
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Research implicates prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders; however few studies report PNMS effects on autism risk in offspring. We examined, prospectively, the degree to which objective and subjective elements of PNMS explained variance in autism-like traits among offspring, and tested moderating effects of sex and PNMS timing in utero. Subjects were 89 (46F/43M)...
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