Are thyroid hormone concentrations at birth associated with subsequent autism diagnosis?

Autism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 456-463

  Hoshiko, Sumi ^a   Grether, Judith K ^a   Windham, Gayle C ^a   Smith, Daniel ^a   Fessel, Karen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Environment; Epidemiology; Hormones; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 83355175772     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.219     Document Type: Article

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