Association of gestational maternal hypothyroxinemia and increased autism risk

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 733-742

  Román, Gustavo C ^a,b   Ghassabian, Akhgar ^c,d   Bongers Schokking, Jacoba J ^d   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^c,d   Hofman, Albert ^c,d   De Rijke, Yolanda B ^d   Verhulst, Frank C ^d   Tiemeier, Henning ^d  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Generation R Study Group   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPOTHYROXINEMIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEM SCORE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84890788144     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23976     Document Type: Article

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