Severe Maternal Inflammation Implicated in Autism

Angela

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Great, another thing to be paranoid about when you're pregnant.

Apparently if a woman is hospitalized for a severe infection when pregnant the odds of having an autistic child are much higher. It has to do with the triggered immune response in the mother.

See:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160128152147.htm
 

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