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Rates of autism and potential risk factors in children with congenital heart defects

Jessica L. Bean Jaworski, Thomas Flynn, Nancy Burnham, Jesse L. Chittams, Therese Sammarco, Marsha Gerdes, Judy C. Bernbaum, Robert R. Clancy, Cynthia B. Solot, Elaine H. Zackai, Donna M. McDonald-McGinn, J. William Gaynor

Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvainia, USA

* Corresponding Author: Jessica L. Bean Jaworski, PhD, Baystate Medical Center, 3300 Main Street, Suite 4A, Springfield MA 01199. Email: jessica.beanjaworski@baystatehealth. org