Antenatal Ultrasound and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Grether, Judith K.; Li, Sherian Xu; Yoshida, Cathleen K.; Croen, Lisa A.
Titel	Antenatal Ultrasound and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40 (2010) 2, S.238-245 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-009-0859-4
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pregnancy; At Risk Persons; Diagnostic Tests; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Comparative Analysis; Children; Prenatal Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Schwangerschaft; Risikogruppe; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pränataler Einfluss
Abstract	We evaluated antenatal ultrasound (U/S) exposure as a risk factor for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), comparing affected singleton children and control children born 1995-1999 and enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente health care system. Among children with ASD (n = 362) and controls (n = 393), 13% had no antenatal exposure to U/S examinations; case-control differences in number of exposures during the entire gestation or by trimester were small and not statistically significant. In analyses adjusted for covariates, cases were generally similar to controls with regard to the number of U/S scans throughout gestation and during each trimester. This study indicates that antenatal U/S is unlikely to increase the risk of ASD, although studies examining ASD subgroups remain to be conducted. (As Provided).
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