“We conducted four complementary studies to investigate associations between parental inflammatory bowel disease and autism in children, and elucidated their underlying etiology.”

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Conducting a nationwide population-based cohort study using Swedish registers, we found evidence of associations between parental diagnoses of inflammatory bowel disease and autism in children.”

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“Triangulating evidence from these four complementary approaches, we found evidence of a potential causal link between parental, particularly maternal, inflammatory bowel disease and autism in children.”

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“Perinatal immune dysregulation, micronutrient malabsorption and anemia may be implicated.”

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Parental inflammatory bowel disease and autism in children

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