Sentences with phrase «risk of autism because»
The latest findings show that genetic defects in the body's ability to manufacture carnitine might be associated with an increased risk of autism because carnitine deficiency interferes with the normal processes by which neural stem cells promote and organize embryonic and fetal brain development.
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And these same women who are willing to bet the lives and health of their babies against such enormous odds, then refuse to allow those children to be vaccinated because of the «risk of autism» (I know there is no risk and that theory is utter bunk, I'm just discussing their thinking on the subject).
If you're avoiding ultrasounds because you have some worry about autism or some other entirely speculative link of risk, please think long and hard about that decision.
That's because the rate of autism in women is much lower than that in men, and it is thought that women can carry the same genetic risk factors without having any signs of autism.
The search for neurobiological markers that precede atypical trajectories is important in infants with a high risk for developing autism - related disorders because early recognition allows for early intervention and mitigation of difficulties later in life.
The risk of developing autism, according to one study, is more than 90 percent heritable because the concordance for autism is high in monozygotic twins and low in dizygotic twins.
New research suggests evolution is favoring the disorder: A study in PLOS Genetics says certain genetic mutations that are associated with an increased risk of autism were passed on during evolution because they are also associated with improved cognitive abilities.
«Because big genetic studies have been done on schizophrenia and autism and other diseases, you can calculate someone's risks of developing those diseases from their genetic information and you can see if it's associated with contagious yawning,» she said.
Because Dr. Brie Turns (specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorder) has recently joined Family Christian Counseling Center, I thought it would be helpful to share 1) part of her dissertation concerning what ASD is and 2) a short summary of the risk factors from the National Institute of Mental Health.