Link between advanced maternal age and autism confirmed
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 11:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California during the 1990s.
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