The great debate
Second, although autism clearly has a genetic basis, environmental factors can also cause the disease. For example, children whose mothers took thalidomide during pregnancy had birth defects, including malformed ears and shortened limbs ...
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Autism Awareness Month: Causes and treatments
As proof, many parents of children with autism point to stark regressions in their children after exposure to these triggers. The third, and likely the largest, group believe that multiple genetic factors are present in an individual ...
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WaPo Reports on Mitochondrial Disorders and Autism
"Regarding “the cause for mitochondrial disorders quest” just google or medline ‘mercury effects on mitochondria’. Researchers have made careers looking for genetic causes of mitochondrial disorders in certain patients without ever ...
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Kids With Autism May Have Gene That Causes Muscle Weakness
15, 2008) Some kids with autism may have a genetic defect that affects the muscles, according to new research. The study looked at 37 children with autism spectrum disorders who were evaluated for mitochondrial disease, which causes ...
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efforts to find autism’s causes. Scientists are vitally interested in possible environmental influences. But the vaccine story is a dry well. Working on it further wastes valuable time and resources. It’s time to dig elsewhere. ...
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Kids with autism may have gene that causes muscle weakness
Some kids with autism may have a genetic defect that affects the muscles, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 12-19, 2008.
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The Increase in Autism Diagnoses: Two Hypotheses
There are two basic hypotheses: 1) That the true incidence of autism is rising due to an environmental cause, 2) That the rise in incidence is mostly or completely an artifact of increased surveillance and broadening of the definition ...
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Study Finds Genetic Link Between Autism and Muscle-weakening Disorder
The study, which looked at 37 children, found that some kids with autism might have a genetic defect that affects the muscles. According to the researchers, their findings may open new avenues of research into the causes of autism. ...
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Neurologist Finds that More Than 60% of His Autistic Patients Have ...
Government health officials say there is no scientific evidence to suggest that vaccines cause autism, which is part of a spectrum of disorders that can have relatively mild symptoms or can severely disable a child by interfering with ...
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Autism
The exact causes of these abnormalities remain unknown, but this is a very active area of research. There are probably a combination of factors that lead to autism. Genetic factors seem to be important. For example, identical twins are ...
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