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 The cause is unknown

 Several risk factors have been identified, including advanced maternal age (increased incidence of germinal mutations) and gestational factors that affect neurodevelopment (including infections, vitamin deficiencies and exposure to chemical agents during pregnancy)

 It has also been suggested that autism is an expression of atypical neuronal connectivity, in which certain genetic abnormalities have been implicated (mainly of genes located in chromosomes 5 and 7)