Mothers of Autistic Children: Lower Plasma Levels of Oxytocin and Arg-Vasopressin and a Higher Level of Testosterone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Xin Jie ^a,b   Shou, Xiao Jing ^a,b   Li, Jin ^a,b   Jia, Mei Xiang ^b   Zhang, Ji Shui ^c   Guo, Yan ^d   Wei, Qing Yun ^e   Zhang, Xiu Ting ^f   Han, Song Ping ^g   Zhang, Rong ^a,b   Han, Ji Sheng ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL   (China)

^e Beijing Yangguang Youyi Rehabilitation Center   (China)

^f Beijing Tongkang Rehabilitation Center   (China)

^g HANS International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ESTRADIOL; OXYTOCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARGIPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MOTHER; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOTHERS; OXYTOCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84884578251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074849     Document Type: Article

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