SynapDx: the curious incident of the autism blood test
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Autism is increasingly coming under the spotlight, from the (now discredited) claims that it was caused by the MMR vaccine, to the recent West End success of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a play based on a book with an autistic protagonist. And with one person out of every 88 thought to have some form of the disorder, according to the US Centers for Disease Control, we are all likely to have met someone that is affected.
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