Risk of genetic make up and environmental factors is equal in autism, finds a large study in Sweden. Researchers were surprised to discover that the inheritability of the neurodevelopmental disorder was about 50 percent -- much lower than previous studies that put it at 80-90 percent -- and that it was equal to environmental causes, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings were based on data from ...Monday, 5 May 2014
Risk of Autism is Half Genetic, Half Environmental
Risk of genetic make up and environmental factors is equal in autism, finds a large study in Sweden. Researchers were surprised to discover that the inheritability of the neurodevelopmental disorder was about 50 percent -- much lower than previous studies that put it at 80-90 percent -- and that it was equal to environmental causes, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings were based on data from ...
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