Kids whose mothers had the flu while pregnant were slightly more
likely to be diagnosed with "infantile autism" before age three in a new
Danish study. But the children's overall risk for the developmental
disorder was not higher than that of other kids.
Researchers said it's possible that activation of a mother's immune system - such as by infection with the influenza virus - could affect a fetus's developing brain. But they urged caution with the new findings,
especially because of statistical limitations in their number-crunching.
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