Risk of Autism in premature infants

Babies born quicker than the time specified is more known as premature and small stature has a chance to have autism five times greater than normal babies, according to a study of the United States for two decades.

Premature babies have long been known to have a risk of health problems and cognitive delays, but research in the journal Pediatrics is the first time linking the relationship between weights at birth in infants with autism. Circumstances at birth and gestational age influence brain development when it was born.

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