Serum testosterone concentration in male autistic youngsters

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-488

  Croonenberghs, Jan ^a   Van Grieken, Sarah ^a   Wauters, Annick ^b   Van West, Dirk ^a   Brouw, Lucas ^a   Maes, Michael ^c   Deboutte, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Clinical Research Center for Mental Health of Antwerp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autism; Morning concentrations of testosterone; Neurodevelopment; Puberty

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77957864989     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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