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Infection and Fever in Pregnancy and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Findings from the Study to Explore Early Development
17 Jul 2019
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Maternal infection and fever during pregnancy have been implicated in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, studies have not been able to separate the effects of fever itself from the impact of a specific infectious organism on the developing brain. We utilized data from the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED), a case-control study among 2- to 5-year-old children born between 2003 and...
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