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Maternal autoimmunity associated with ADHD in children
The biology of autoimmunity during pregnancy can have numerous consequences for the health of both mother and offspring; these include such conditions as childhood tics and OCD, autism, congenital heart block; infertility, miscarriage and preterm birth; placental abruption, numerous consequences of antithyroid antibodies, etc.
Neuropsychiatric illness, autoimmunity and the role of microbes
Neuropsychiatric illness often involves brain inflammation for which there may be an autoimmune origin. The authors of a paper* recently published in Current Opinion in Rheumatology set out to..."illustrate how microbes might participate in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric illness by triggering the production of autoantibodies that bind to brain targets."
Environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental, learning and behavioral disorders
Environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental, learning and behavioral disorders
The role of autoimmunity and brain inflammation in disorders of learning, behavior and autism
The role of autoimmunity and brain inflammation in disorders of learning, behavior and autism