Worldwide, more than 7 million children have now been born after ART: these delivery rates
are steadily rising and now comprise 2–6% of births in the European countries. To achieve …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition with lifelong
impacts. Genetic and environmental factors contribute to ASD etiology, which remains …

Background: Over the past 10 years, research into environmental risk factors for autism has
grown dramatically, bringing evidence that an array of non-genetic factors acting during the …

Autism is a developmental disability with age of onset in childhood (under 3 years old),
which is characterized by definite impairments in social interactions, abnormalities in …

Several studies support currently the hypothesis that autism etiology is based on a polygenic
and epistatic model. However, despite advances in epidemiological, molecular and clinical …

In the past decade, the number of epidemiological publications addressing environmental
chemical exposures and autism has grown tremendously. These studies are important …

OBJECTIVE: We conducted a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies investigating the
association between maternal age and autism. METHOD: Using recommended guidelines …

Concerns have been raised about the health and development of children conceived by
assisted reproductive technologies (ART) since 1978. Controversially, ART has been linked …

Importance Between 1978 and 2010, approximately 5 million infants were born after in vitro
fertilization (IVF) treatments. Yet limited information on neurodevelopment after IVF exists …

An adverse maternal hormonal environment during pregnancy can be associated with
abnormal brain growth. Subtle changes in fetal brain development have been observed …