On preventing the deleterious effects of CMV: implications for some autism?

" Anxiety drug may prevent common virus that causes birth defects " went one of the headlines covering t he study results publishe...

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Prenatal hormone involvement in autism risk?

The findings reported by Gayle Windham and colleagues [1] caught my eye recently and their observations based on the examination of mid-pre...

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Elevated amniotic fluid steroid hormones and autism risk

" These results provide the first direct evidence of elevated fetal steroidogenic activity in autism ". Such were the sentiments ...

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