Looking closely at the data, researchers discovered that moms who took folic acid early in pregnancy had a 39 % lower risk of having a child with
autistic disorder although no association was found with Asperger syndrome or PDD - NOS
Not exact matches
This under - expression was particularly interesting because
although hundreds of genes have already been identified for their presumed roles in
autistic disorders, each one alone can at best only explain 1 % of cases.
Autism itself is not a
disorder,
although autistic people are generally more prone to physical and emotional
disorders.