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Growth Spurt in Head, Skeleton Mark Autism in Boys
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/growth-spurt-in-head-skeleton-mark-autism-in-boys/
Boys with autism have smaller heads, are shorter and weigh less at birth than their typical peers do—but all that changes by age 3, a new study suggests.
The new work is among the first to link autism to rapid skeletal growth.