Autism in 2016: additional discovery
Journal Title: Jornal de Pediatria - Year 2017, Vol 93, Issue 3
Abstract
To the Editor, Posar and Visconti1 have recently published their narrative biomedical review on the developments in the field of autism research in 2016, with a particular focus on the hypothetical role of environmental factors, like air pollution. The authors searched the available recent literature using PubMed (United States National Library of Medicine) for interesting hypotheses published between January 1, 2013 and August 20, 2016 and relevant literature (case–control studies involving human participants were preferred) using a variety of selected keywords. Although the authors identified a search strategy, their review did not consider a recently published mini-review identifying the role of the specific agricultural air pollutant, nitrous oxide (N2O), in autism etiopathogenesis and neurodevelopmental disorders more broadly.
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Keith Fluegge
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- DOI 10.1016/j.jped.2016.12.001
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