Low birthweight infants have five times rate of autism

Monday, October 17, 2011 - 02:20 in Health & Medicine

Autism researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have found a link between low birthweight and children diagnosed with autism, reporting premature infants are five times more likely to have autism than children born at normal weights.

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