Metals in Baby Teeth Could Help Reveal What Causes Autism, ADHD

“It isn’t only a story of ‘[metal] exposure leads to bad outcomes’ — it’s also a story of how different metabolic profiles may make certain people more vulnerable,”

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Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-019-0567-6

Austin, C., Curtin, P., Curtin, A. et al. Dynamical properties of elemental metabolism distinguish attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from autism spectrum disorder.Transl Psychiatry 9, 238 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0567-6