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Brain scan for Autism

  • 12-08-2010 12:47pm
    #1
    The Black Oil
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10929032

    No great surprise to hear about this as it's been coming down the line for a while now. Hopefully it will be used as a tool that's part of the diagnosis, rather than something that's definitive on its own.

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  • #2
    JuliusCaesar
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    This has been making a bit of an impact recently - here's some background. Well worth reading!


  • #3
    Gibs
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    JuliusCaesar wrote: »
    This has been making a bit of an impact recently - here's some background. Well worth reading!

    Classic!! Some of the comments posted by other people at the end of the blog are also very funny.

    Here's a slight tangent, but it's another good example of puncturing the bubble of statistical certainty with humour (I think this was posted by someone else previously)

    This one is also very good.


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    Creachadóir
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    Is there any way of being tested to see if you carry the Autism gene? I have a brother and two cousins with Autism which means that there's a very high incidence of Autism in my male relations.


  • #5
    The Black Oil
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    I'm not sure a specific Autism gene has been fully identified as of yet, maybe a cluster has been. I'm not fully up on the research, but I don't think we're there yet with the test you're after. It can run in families, though.

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