"Predisposition" to autoimmunity and inflammatory activation linked to autistic regression?

The paper by Ori Scott and colleagues [1] provides some very welcome interest in the concept of regression in relation to autism. As I'...

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Blocking FRAAs and thyroid function in autism (continued)

Readers of this post are advised to check out a previous blogging occasion describing how 'FRAAs - folate receptor alpha autoantibodies...

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Iodine and autism (again)

Welcome back to Questioning Answers in 2016. Let's continue our travels down the autism peer-reviewed research path by starting with som...

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The ties that bind? Comorbidity and autism (again)

" It was found that 92.9% of participants presented with a family history of autoimmune disease. " That was one of the headline fi...

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Parental autoimmunity and offspring autism risk... yet again

Here we go again. " A positive association between maternal autoimmune diseases and the risk of ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  in off...

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Early pregnancy maternal hypothyroxinemia and offspring ADHD symptoms

" Children exposed to maternal hypothyroxinemia in early pregnancy had more ADHD  [ attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ]  symptom...

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Maternal thyroid dysfunction and autism or ADHD?

The  paper by Andersen and colleagues  [1] talking about the risk of offspring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or autis...

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Iodine deficiency and autism

With all the recent-ish chatter about dietary quality for those on the spectrum ( see here ), coupled with a hint of something like the mech...

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