Is infertility associated with childhood autism?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 663-672

  Grether, Judith K ^a   Qian, Yinge ^b   Croughan, Mary S ^c   Wu, Yvonne W ^c   Schembri, Michael ^c   Camarano, Loretta ^d   Croen, Lisa A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Samuel Merritt University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Infertility; Infertility treatments; Multiple births

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK;

EID: 84879499327     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1598-5     Document Type: Article

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