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Largest study to investigate risk factors of autism to begin enrolling families

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as from five other sites nationwide, today will begin enrolling thousands of families in the largest study to date investigating the genetic and environmental factors that may cause autism and other developmental disabilities. Researchers hope the study will contribute to better services and treatments, and to prevention strategies. Autism affects about one in 150 children born in the US.

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