Thursday, June 21, 2018

Study Replicates Effectiveness of Blood Test for Autism

A follow-up study confirms that a blood test can help to predict within an 88 percent accuracy whether a child has autism. The new research supports work performed a year ago that suggested the test has the potential to lower the age at which children are diagnosed, leading to earlier treatment.

Results of the study, which uses an algorithm to predict if a child has autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on metabolites in a blood sample, appear online in the journal Bioengineering &...


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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/06/21/study-replicates-effectiveness-of-blood-test-for-autism/136350.html

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