Doctors may be able to diagnose if a newborn is at higher risk of autism by looking at the placenta.
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Doctors may be able to diagnose a child's risk of autism at birth, which would allow treatment of the burgeoning disorder to begin in the child's earliest days, a new study finds.
Solely by looking at the abnormal folds of their placenta, Yale University researchers were able to identify whether a newborn was or was not the younger sibling of a child with autism - and therefore nine times more likely to develop the condition themselves.
"At birth we have a tool now that can tell us who's at risk and who isn't at risk for autism," said Harvey Kliman, a Yale researcher and lead author of the paper ...