Maternal C-reactive protein and autism

As per my previous blog entry on the possibility of some involvement of a skin-brain axis to cases of autism (no, seriously), one of the key themes seemingly increasing in importance in autism research is the possibility of some connection with inflammation and the inflammatory processes.Whilst sounding completely at odds with how autism is commonly described - a developmental disorder variably manifesting specific behavioural and cognitive features - there is a surprisingly long and growing […]