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Spectrum: Autism Research News

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Elaine Y. Hsiao

Graduate Student, California Institute of Technology

October 2012

Placenta plays potent role in autism risk

by ,  /  2 October 2012

As the central organ regulating maternal-fetal interactions, the placenta is perfectly positioned to mediate environmental and genetic risk factors during prenatal development. It may also relay risk factors for autism to the fetus, says Paul Patterson.

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