Finding Could Lead to Simple Urine Test for Autism

3rd June, 2010

4 June 2010, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com]
Children with autism have a different chemical fingerprint in their urine than non-autistic children, according to new research published tomorrow in the print edition of the Journal of Proteome Research.
The researchers behind the study, from Imperial College London and the University of South Australia, suggest that their findings could ultimately lead to a simple urine test to determine whether or not a young child has autism.
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