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A significant percentage of children recently diagnosed with autism receive complementary or alternative medicine treatments

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By: Sean Moloughney

Editor, Nutraceuticals World

A significant percentage of children recently diagnosed with autism receive complementary or alternative medicine treatments, some of which are potentially harmful, according to a research team from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The researchers reviewed charts for 284 patients evaluated at the Hospital’s Regional Autism Center for autistic spectrum disorder. They found that 90 children, or 32% of the total, were using complementary and alternative medicine, with 25 children (9% of the total) using a potentially harmful approach.

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