Basal and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Stimulated Plasma Cortisol Levels among Egyptian Autistic Children: Relation to Disease Severity

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hamza, Rasha T ^a   Hewedi, Doaa H ^a   Ismail, Mona A ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE TEST;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952202476     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-36-71     Document Type: Article

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