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Autism likely largely from hereditary factors
2019-07-22 23:14:37.852975+02 by
Dan Lyke
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JAMA Psychiatry: Association of Genetic and Environmental Factors With Autism in a 5-Country Cohort doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.1411
Conclusions and Relevance Based on population data from 5 countries, the heritability of ASD was estimated to be approximately 80%, indicating that the variation in ASD occurrence in the population is mostly owing to inherited genetic influences, with no support for contribution from maternal effects. The results suggest possible modest differences in the sources of ASD risk between countries.
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