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Madison Company Releases Blood Test To Aid In Earlier Autism Detection

02 Nov Madison Company Releases Blood Test To Aid In Earlier Autism Detection

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A blood test that could help identify autism in children as young as 18 months hit the market this week, released by a Madison-based company.

In the United States, the average child with autism gets diagnosed at 4 years old. Behavioral tests can identify autism 2 years earlier. NeuroPointDX claims their new blood test can help identify autism in children as young as 18 months.

NeuroPointDX CEO Elizabeth Donley says the test draws on a large clinical study conducted with the University of California-Davis MIND Institute and researchers across the country that found 30 percent of children with autism had certain metabolic imbalances.

Donley said their test screens for those irregularities in children with developmental delays.

Read more at Wisconsin Public Radio

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