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Bipolar disorder in mothers linked to autism in their children?
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No data: No. There is no correlation between bipolar mothers and autistic offspring.
Answered 8/18/2015
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Not much data here: Some of genetic vulnerabilites in my clinical experience seem to be the same.
Answered 4/3/2016
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Data examined from: Swedish inpatient registries 1973-2012 ; outpatient registries 2001-2012 revealed 25, 432 cases of asd, in which bpd in either parent was associated with 90% increased odds of having asd, primarily without intellectual disability. In a stockholm registry in 4, 982 cases from outpatient ASD treatment facilities 1984 -2007, bpd in either parent was associated with 60% increased odds, most without i.D.
Answered 5/28/2019
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