Environmental factors influencing the risk of autism

Autism is a developmental disability with age of onset in childhood (under 3 years old), which is characterized by definite impairments in social interactions, abnormalities in speech, and stereotyped pattern of behaviors. Due to the progress of autism in recent decades, a wide range of studies have...

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Published in:Journal of research in medical sciences 2017-02, Vol.22, p.1-1
Main Authors: Karimi, Padideh, Kamali, Elahe, Mousavi, Seyyed, Karahmadi, Mojgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Autism
Bacterial infections
Birth defects
Children & youth
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
DNA methylation
Environmental effects
environmental factors
Epigenetics
etiological factors
Gene expression
Health risk assessment
Influence
Legal medicine
Metabolic syndrome
Mutation
Neurophysiology
Pediatrics
Population
Pregnancy
Psychiatry
Review
Risk factors
Studies
Viral infections
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Summary:Autism is a developmental disability with age of onset in childhood (under 3 years old), which is characterized by definite impairments in social interactions, abnormalities in speech, and stereotyped pattern of behaviors. Due to the progress of autism in recent decades, a wide range of studies have been done to identify the etiological factors of autism. It has been found that genetic and environmental factors are both involved in autism pathogenesis. Hence, in this review article, a set of environmental factors involved in the occurrence of autism has been collected, and finally, some practical recommendations for reduction of the risk of this devastating disease in children are represented.
ISSN:1735-1995
1735-7136
DOI:10.4103/1735-1995.200272