Does prenatal ultrasound increase risk of autism?
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Many lay people still believe that vaccines—especially the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and vaccines with mercury-containing preservatives—have contributed to the increased rate of autism, despite the lack of scientific evidence to support such a notion. We owe it to our patients to show them that medical research is actively searching for factors that may truly be contributing to the increased rate of this devastating disease. As the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke3 reports:
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
دوره 109 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009