Clinical Research in Autism

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Autism Pioneer and Advocate

Issue: # 41

August-September 2019

Dear Subscriber,

This e-newsletter provides obstetricians, pediatricians, and nurses with links to the latest research on ways to understand and to help children and adults on the autism spectrum. Please feel free to send us your comments and feedback to: [email protected].

Previous issues of this e-newsletter can be viewed at: www.ClinicalResearchInAutism.com.

Steve Edelson, Ph.D. and Lenny Schafer

Risks

Anemia in pregnant woman may alter child's brain development

Being anemic while pregnant may increase a woman's chance of having a child with intellectual disability, autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

[Original article appeared in JAMA Psychiatry]

Association between preeclampsia and autism spectrum disorder: a population based study

[Original article appeared in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry]

Changes associated with autism risk may be detected as early as the second trimester

[Original article appeared in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders]

Exploring a possible link between C-Sections and autism children born by cesarean section may have important differences that affect their neurodevelopment.

[Original article appeared in JAMA Network Open]

Familial confounding of the association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and autism spectrum disorder in offspring

[Original article appeared in Autism Research]

Neonatal jaundice in association with autism spectrum disorder and developmental disorder

[Original article appeared in the Journal of Perinatology ]

Diagnosis and Prognosis