Uncovering steroidopathy in women with autism: A latent class analysis

Molecular Autism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pohl, Alexa ^a   Cassidy, Sarah ^a,b   Auyeung, Bonnie ^a,c   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Hormones; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Sex steroids; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEROIDOPATHY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84899959653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-27     Document Type: Article

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