Trophoblast inclusions are significantly increased in the placentas of children in families at risk for autism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-211

  Walker, Cheryl K ^a,b,c   Anderson, Kaitlin W ^d   Milano, Kristin M ^e   Ye, Saier ^d   Tancredi, Daniel J ^a   Pessah, Isaac N ^b,c   Irva, Hertz Picciotto ^a,b,c   Kliman, Harvey J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Children's Environmental Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; autism; genetics; pathology; placenta; trophoblast inclusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; PLACENTA DISORDER; POPULATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPHOBLAST INCLUSION;

ASD; AUTISM; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; TROPHOBLAST INCLUSIONS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84880046562     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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