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Advancing Maternal Age is Associated with an Increasing Risk for Autism: A Review and Meta-Analysis
Published May 8, 2015
in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
The results of this meta-analysis support an association between advancing maternal age and risk of autism. The association persisted after the effects of paternal age and other potential confounders had been considered, supporting an independent relation between higher maternal age and autism.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089085671200144X
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