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John P Elliott

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• Research Article
  Autism is Not Caused by Terbutaline
  Author(s): John P Elliott and John C MorrisonJohn P Elliott and John C Morrison
  
  Objective: To identify the rate of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children exposed to terbutaline in utero compared to patients untreated with this beta agonist. Methods: Members of three lay organizations collected data regarding significant childhood development problems following their pregnancy using a web-based survey. Results: Over a 90 day period, 11,717 surveys were sent electronically to members of the high risk pregnancy organizations. Of these, 2217 members (18.9%) responded and results showed that 965(43.5%) had received terbutaline during their pregnancies. Overall 523(23.6%) reported having at least one child with some form of chronic disability and of these 128 had a child with ASD. Of fetuses with no exposure to terabutaline 79/1252 (6.3%) had a diagnosis of ASD compared to 49/965 (5.1%) who repo.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7890.1000139

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