The Immune System in Autism Spectrum Disorders

• By: Paula Goines, BS Judy Van de Water, PhD UC Davis MIND Institute
• January 1st, 2010
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Recent evidence implicates the immune system in some cases of autism spectrum disorders. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, Johns Hopkins, and the Kennedy Krieger Institute have found that some mothers of children with autism produce autoantibodies that target the developing fetal...