Fetal androgens and autism

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 416-

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANDROGENS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951723161     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.196.5.416     Document Type: Letter

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