A new paper published in the journal Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders reveals that an unborn child’s risk for autism may be associated with certain measurable metabolic processes in the pregnant mother.
The risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the general population is approximately 1.7 percent. However, if a woman has previously had a child with ASD, the risk of having a second child with ASD is increased more than tenfold — approximately 18.7 percent....
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/09/24/autism-risk-may-be-reflected-in-pregnant-moms-metabolic-profile/138969.html
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