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235 Autism and Environmental Factors, First Edition. Omar Bagasra and Cherilyn Heggen. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publis ...

236 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism maternal circulation [1–3]. The programmed cell death is an essential ...

Are there Examples of Such an Immune Mechanism? 237 ABO Incompatibility In this type of hemolytic disease of newborns, the ABO b ...

238 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism these killed neurons. These antigens could enter the maternal immune s ...

Why are Fetal Neuroantigens Immunogenic to the Maternal Immune System? 239 to sperm antigen may result in low sperm count and in ...

240 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism sites are protected from the immune system. Hence, we regularly implan ...

The Detection of Fetal Brain Neuroantigens in the Maternal Blood 241 Is There Any Evidence of a Link Between Synthetic Chemicals ...

242 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism Since the encroachment of the neo‐chemicals, many investigators also h ...

What are the Functions of the Neuroantigens that are Being Destroyed by the Maternal Antibodies? 243 monkeys can contribute to a ...

244 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism exhibited abnormal brain enlargement when compared with both children ...

Animal Models and Neuroantibodies to Autism 245 Further, studies by Fox‐Edmiston et al. [14] described behavioral outcomes in th ...

246 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism Studies Using Rodent Models Parallel to the studies described above th ...

Why Do Some Autistic Children Have Bigger Brains? 247 social developmental milestones. Usually, at around 3 years old there is e ...

248 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism increased brain growth may be more prominent in frontal lobes, which i ...

Is There a Link between Autoimmunity and Other Forms of Neurodevelopmental 249 contribute towards ASD, is a highly specific phen ...

250 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism A Chicken and Egg Conundrum Several investigators have been looking at ...

Other Contributing Factors in Neuropsychiatric Disorders 251 concern emerged from reports that increased numbers of cases of nar ...

252 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism for women who tested positive for influenza infection with symptoms, b ...

Other Contributing Factors in Neuropsychiatric Disorders 253 virus, it is well established that there are significantly fewer co ...

254 Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Neurons and Autism specific progenitor cells in the developing fetal brains, resulting in ...