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Genetic confounding in the associations between maternal health and autism

2026-04-17

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The etiology of autism is influenced by genetic and non-genetic factors, with observational studies suggesting associations between early maternal health diagnoses and offspring autism. However, these associations may partly reflect shared familial genetic liability rather than direct causal effects. Using comprehensive national health registers and individual-level genetic data from the iPSYCH cohort (N=117,542),...

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Literature Corpus work: 4480064d-2fed-5303-8a4c-6c7b30a3ed36
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.16.26351033

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