Dr. CORDER: Well you know, we've been over this many times in my area of pediatrics.

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Dr. CORDER: Well you know, one thing about fever, you need to respect fever.

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Dr. MARILYN CORDER (Pediatrician and Associate Professor, George Washington and Howard Universities): Thank you for having me.

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Dr. CORDER: As a pediatrician my advice would be, talk to the parents.

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Rear Adm Corder said he was confident the HMS Astute incident was not "indicative of wider failings" within the submarine service.

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Dr. CORDER: First of all, what I would say and my take on this would be that the condition was there.

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Dr. CORDER: Autism is a diagnosis that is a delay, a significant and progressive delay in neurological functioning, cognitive functioning and social skills.

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Here to help us understand all of this Dr. Marilyn Corder.

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Dr. CORDER: As a matter of fact, it has been eliminated and these preservatives that used to be there have been removed, and to the point of they've been fully studied.

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Dr. Marilyn Corder is a pediatrician in Maryland.

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Dr. Corder, thanks so much for stopping in.

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CNN's Calandra Corder contributed to this report.

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Dr. Corder, thank you so much.

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