Study links autism severity to genetics, ultrasound

Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 15:01 in Psychology & Sociology

For children with autism and a class of genetic disorders, exposure to diagnostic ultrasound in the first trimester of pregnancy is linked to increased autism severity, according to a study by researchers at UW Medicine, UW Bothell and Seattle Children’s Research Institute. The study published Sept. 1 in Autism Research studied the variability of symptoms […]

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