Meaning of autismlike | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of autism.

Examples

“The idea that vaccines cause autism got a boost⟳ in March⟳, when the Centers for Disease Control⟳ settled with the parents of 9-year-old Hannah Poling on the grounds that her autismlike symptoms were caused by vaccines that aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder.”

“The Centers for Disease Control⟳ and Prevention estimates developmental disabilities like⟳ autism or autismlike disorders, such as Asperger's syndrome, will strike⟳ one in every 150 children, and four out of five of them will be boys.”

“One study⟳, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, found that deep brain stimulation (DBS) aimed at the subthalamic nucleus, an area of the brain that holds movements in check, helped suppress excessive self-grooming in two autismlike mouse models.”

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