Salivary testosterone levels and autism-spectrum quotient in adults

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 837-841

  Takagishi, Haruto ^a,c   Takahashi, Taiki ^a   Yamagishi, Toshio ^a   Shinada, Mizuho ^a   Inukai, Keigo ^b,c   Tanida, Shigehito ^d   Mifune, Nobuhiro ^a   Horita, Yutaka ^a,c   Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^a,c   Yang, Li ^a   Kameda, Tatsuya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Society for the Promotion of Science   (Japan)

^d Nagano University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 79751483080     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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