Pervasive developmental disorders in children of hyperandrogenic women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A longitudinal case-control study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 898-904

  Palomba, Stefano ^a   Marotta, Rosa ^b   Cello, Annalisa Di ^b   Russo, Tiziana ^a   Falbo, Angela ^a   Orio, Francesco ^c   Tolino, Achille ^d   Zullo, Fulvio ^b   Esposito, Rosa ^d   La Sala, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84869062198     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04443.x     Document Type: Article

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