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Fever, flu in pregnancy linked to autism risk

November 12, 2012 by

November 12, 2012 In a study already being greeted with caution, Danish researchers report that children whose mothers had the flu or ran a fever lasting more than a week during pregnancy had an increased risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder.

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