One more time... the interpregnancy interval and risk of offspring autism

" Children born after an IPI  [interpregnancy interval]  of <12 months or ≥72 months had a 2- to 3-fold increased ASD  [autism spect...

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Maternal obesity and offspring autism meta-analysed

So: " The meta-analysis results support an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children of women who were obese during pregn...

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Dad's obesity and risk of offspring autism

In this post I'm talking about  the paper by Pål Surén and colleagues [1] (open-access here ) and their suggestion that " paternal...

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