The 23 studies that the #FDA based its expanded #leucovorin label on.

The science supports it for a rare disorder with “autism-like’”symptoms.

The sole paper linking it to autism was retracted in January.

“Leucovorin prescriptions for children with autism increased by 71 percent after a White House briefing last September that promoted the drug as an #autism treatment.”

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Exclusive: The 23 studies the FDA based its expanded leucovorin label on

The studies include 46 people, mostly toddlers, who have cerebral folate deficiency due to variants in a folate transporter.

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