Association between ultrasonography foetal anomalies and autism spectrum disorder.

ABSTRACT: Multiple evidence support the prenatal predisposition of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Nevertheless, robust data about abnormalities in fetuses later developing into children diagnosed with ASD are lacking. Prenatal ultrasound is an excellent tool to study abnormal fetal development as it frequently used to monitor fetal growth and identify fetal anomalies throughout pregnancy. We conducted a retrospective case-sibling-control study of children diagnosed with ASD (cases); their own typically developing, closest-in-age siblings (TDS); and typically developing children from the general population (TDP), matched by year of birth, sex and ethnicity to investigate the association between ultrasonography fetal anomalies (UFAs) and ASD. The case group was drawn from all children diagnosed with

SUBMITTER: Regev O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9762947 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature