Sentences with phrase «autism risk longitudinal»

Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) This ground - breaking study is looking at possible environmental and genetic links to autism.

Scientists also hope to gain crucial insights into autism's risk factors from several large new studies, including the federally funded Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation, which will enroll 1,200 mothers of autistic children at the start of a subsequent pregnancy and then track the newborn child's first three years of development.

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The research comes from the Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS), a collaborative effort by investigators at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and four clinical sites in the United States, coordinated to conduct a longitudinal brain imaging and behavioural study of infants at high risk for autism.

Studying a large sample and using a prospective longitudinal design, this study demonstrated that the sibling recurrence risk of autism spectrum disorder is substantially higher than previous estimates.