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Autism Tied To Autoimmune Diseases

In Immediate Family

By Liz Szabo, USA Today, is.gd/1xfnK

Danish researchers have found another clue to

the mysterious causes of autism, according to a study published online this

month in Pediatrics.

In a study of children born in Denmark from

1993 to 2004, doctors found that many children with autism or related

disorders also had a family history of autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune

diseases, such as type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, develop when

antibodies that normally fight infectious organisms instead attack the body

itself.

In the study, doctors examined patterns of

disease among children, mothers, fathers and siblings.

For the first time, researchers found an

increased risk of autism spectrum disorders in children whose mothers have

celiac disease, a digestive condition in which people cannot tolerate gluten,

a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Autism spectrum disorders include a

range of neurological problems affecting communication and socializing.

The study also confirms the results of many

earlier papers, says author Hjördis Atladottir of Denmark's University of

Aarhus. For example, doctors found an increased risk of autism in children

with a family history of type 1 diabetes and an increased risk of autism

spectrum disorders in children whose mothers have rheumatoid arthritis.

Researchers say their study leaves many

questions unanswered. But they say it's possible babies are affected by their

mother's antibodies while in the womb. Their mother's disease also may create

an abnormal environment.

Although the study is designed to find

associations among diseases, it is not able to prove that autoimmune

disorders cause autism, says the University of Washington's Toth, a

clinical psychologist who was not involved in the study.

But Toth says it's possible that the same

genes are involved in autoimmune diseases and autism. Researchers have known

for many years that autism can run in families, Toth says. And scientists

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