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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2024

The Autism Spectrum Disorder and Its Possible Origins in Pregnancy.

Rayane M Botelho, Ana Lúcia M Silva, Alexandre U Borbely

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Associated with Early-Life Exposure to Heavy Metals: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  5. Protective Effects of PrenatalMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  13. Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rayane M BotelhoCell Biology Laboratory, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio 57072-970, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5941-3550
Ana Lúcia M SilvaCell Biology Laboratory, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio 57072-970, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4270-7798
Alexandre U BorbelyCell Biology Laboratory, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio 57072-970, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6737-0901
Universidade Federal de Alagoas · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) belongs to the group of neurodevelopmental disorders, and has a high prevalence, affecting 1 in 100 children according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). To be diagnosed with ASD, the child must have persistent deficits in communication and social interactions, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Despite its prevalence, the etiology of ASD is still uncertain, with multifactorial characteristics, including those associated with the gestational period, where maternal exposure to biological, chemical, or physical hazards occurs, some of which have already been proposed as causes of ASD outcomes. Since pregnancy requires a balance between the maternal-fetal binomial, the breakdown of this balance caused by such environmental hazards can lead to altered fetal neurodevelopment, including ASD. With this firmly in mind, this review aims to compile the most recent data on the gestational causes that may be associated with the development of ASD to help health professionals identify risk factors and act for the prevention and management of ASD.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderNeurodevelopmental DisordersCausalityChildFemaleHumansMaternal ExposurePregnancyRisk FactorsASDautismplacentapregnancy

Identifiers

PMID38541246
PMCPMC10969859
OpenAlexW4391954077

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Registered trials

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