Are prenatal ultrasound scans associated with the autism phenotype? Follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2693-2701

  Stoch, Yonit K ^a   Williams, Cori J ^a   Granich, Joanna ^b   Hunt, Anna M ^b   Landau, Lou I ^c   Newnham, John P ^d   Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Environment; Obstetric; Prenatal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPH; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876474860     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1526-8     Document Type: Article

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