Autism and Probable Prerequisites: Severe and Scheduled Prenatal Stresses at Spotlight
| Autor: | Seyyed Mohammad MOUSAVI, Elahe KAMALI, Fatemeh FATAHI, Hadi BABAIE, Mansoor SALEHI |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 47, Iss 9 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2251-6085 2251-6093 |
| Popis: | Background: Due to the importance of prenatal maternal stress as environmental factor on autism, the influence of prenatal maternal psychological agitations was assessed in relation with the risk of autism. Methods: In this case-control study, some mothers of autistic children in Isfahan, central Iran, in 2014, were retrospectively compared with control mothers in terms of quantity, quality, andschedule of exposure to 45 stressful events in a 15-month period. In addition, dividing the stressors into two groups of genome-dependent/independent events, their prevalence was separately scrutinized and compared among patient and control families. Results: Although the child’s risk of autism increases significantly with the increase of maternal stress during months 4-7 of pregnancy, the increased stress during months 2-3 of pregnancy can lead to a significant increase in the severity of autism affliction as well as a slight but significant increase in the possibility of LFA in afflicted children (P |
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