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Re: Gout and autism

Posted by tomjax on January 08, 2007 at 05:03:02:

In Reply to: Gout and autism posted by Alamo Joe on January 04, 2007 at 20:56:11:

AJ, you seem to connect almost any condition to apnea because of some common symptoms. You jump to conclusions clearly not supported by any meaningful data.
You have outdone yourself this time.
Apnea patients and autistic patients have high levels of uric acid, therefore apnea causes autism.

Autism is a complex cluster syndrome with highly varying manifestations.
A recent article in Scientific American provides a much more believable insight, Mirror neurons Autism. Nov 2006 issue, look it up online.
Do autistic patients have a higher incidence of apnea than the general population? This should help answer your "theory".

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