Brief report: Autistic-like traits in childhood predict later age at menarche in girls

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1125-1130

  Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^a,b   Maybery, Murray T ^b   Hickey, Martha ^c   Sloboda, Deborah M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Child behavior checklist; Menarche; Raine study; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE AT MENARCHE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79961167584     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1129-1     Document Type: Article

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