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From Volume 4 Number 4
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, USA: Researchers at Yale School of Medicine
have discovered in the placenta what may be the earliest marker for
autism, possibly helping physicians diagnose the condition at birth,
rather than the standard age of two or older.
The findings are reported in the June 26 online
issue of Biological Psychiatry. Autism is a developmental disorder that
has a profound effect on socialisation, communication, learning and
other behaviours. In most cases, onset is early in infancy. Information
on the earliest developmental aspects of autism in children has been
limited, even though approximately one in every 166 children is
diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The earlier the
diagnosis is made, the greater the treatment impact ...
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