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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Pediatrics · Mental Health
Moderate
Severity
Common — affects an estimated 1 in 36 to 1 in 100 children depending on the population studied, more frequently diagnosed in boys
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pediatrics
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1The exact cause is not fully understood but is believed to involve a combination of genetic factors and differences in early brain development
- 2with strong evidence for a hereditary component. Risk factors include having a sibling with autism
- 3certain genetic conditions such as fragile X syndrome
- 4advanced parental age
- 5and complications during pregnancy or birth. Extensive research has found no link between vaccines and autism
- 6and current evidence points to prenatal and early developmental factors rather than any single environmental trigger.
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