Infections during pregnancy and after birth, and the risk of autism spectrum disorders: A register-based study utilizing a danish historic birth cohort

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 229-236

  Abdallah, Morsi W ^a   Hougaard, David M ^b   Nørgaard Pedersen, Bent ^c   Grove, Jakob ^a   Bonefeld Jørgensen, Eva C ^a   Mortensen, Erik L ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Birth cohort; Infections; Population registers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872428288     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5080/u6847     Document Type: Article

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