Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study

 08.02.2010 18:01   reuters.com

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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