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Study tentatively links flu in pregnancy and autism

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Dr. Hjordis Osk Atladottir

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Paul Patterson

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0.0743173	Patterson, "It is also worth emphasizing that even though the risk (of infantile autism) is significantly increased, the risk is still quite low."
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• Paul Patterson: umbel
• Paul Patterson: yago

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HealthCondition: influenza

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Provided Desc:

Kids whose mothers had the flu while pregnant were slightly more likely to be diagnosed with "infantile autism" before age three in a new study. But the children's overall risk for the developmental disorder was not higher than that of other kids

Provided Keywords:

• autism
• flu vaccine
• immune system
• United States

Provided Title:

Study tentatively links flu in pregnancy and autism

Source Site: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/health/~3/W6aek70PTkk/

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