Investigation of the serum levels of anterior pituitary hormones in male children with autism

Molecular Autism

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Iwata, Keiko ^a   Matsuzaki, Hideo ^a   Miyachi, Taishi ^a   Shimmura, Chie ^a   Suda, Shiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Matsumoto, Kaori ^a   Suzuki, Katsuaki ^a   Iwata, Yasuhide ^b   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^b   Tsujii, Masatsugu ^a,c   Sugiyama, Toshirou ^b   Sato, Kohji ^b   Mori, Norio ^a,b  

^a Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84860577114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-2-16     Document Type: Article

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