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May 3, 2011

Autism Brain Enlargement Occurs Before Age 2

Univ. of North Carolina, University of North Carolina


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In 2005, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that 2-year-old children with autism have brains up to 10 percent larger than children of the same age without autism.

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