Pediatric Research Authors: Imran N. Mir, Stormi P. White, L. Steven Brown, Roy Heyne, Charles R. Rosenfeld & Lina F. Chalak
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is 5-fold higher in preterm (PT) infants born ≤28 weeks gestational age (GA) as compared to the general population. The relationship between placental pathologic lesions and ASD in PT infants has not been studied.