Fever during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of autism or developmental delay

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice as likely to have a child with autism or developmental delay than were mothers of typically developing children, and that taking medication to treat fever countered its effect.

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