Autism tied to autoimmune diseases in immediate family
Autism tied to autoimmune diseases in immediate family
Danish researchers have found that many children with autism or related disorders also had a family history of autoimmune diseases.
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
Danish researchers have found another clue to the mysterious causes of autism, according to a study published online this month in Pediatrics.
In a study of children born in Denmark from 1993 to 2004, doctors found that many children with autism or related disorders also had a family history of autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, develop when antibodies that normally fight infectious organisms instead attack the body itself.
In the study, doctors examined patterns of disease among children, mothers, fathers and siblings.
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