Study links preemies with autism signs
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080403/capt.f9e00cbd279f44bfbdceb9df4ea86a79.world_autism_awareness_day_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=CIgEtN.gE9l0eU2ZLdyTCg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Starpix, actress Kim Raver reads to local autistic children at Barnes & Noble in New York during Autism Speaks Celebrates World Autism Awareness Day, Wednesday April 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Starpix, Paul Hawthorne)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_he_me/autism_preemies)AP - A small study of toddlers finds that about one-quarter of babies born very prematurely had signs of autism on an early screening test. The research is preliminary since formal autism testing wasn't done. But the results are provocative, suggesting that tiny preemies may face greater risks of developing autism than previously thought.</p><br clear="all"/>
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