Are there any relationships between latent Toxoplasma gondii infection, testosterone elevation, and risk of autism spectrum disorder?

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Abdoli, Amir ^a,b   Dalimi, Abdolhossein ^b  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autism; Extreme male brain theory; Latent infection; Prenatal testosterone; Second to fourth digit ratio; Sex ratio; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84907584962     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00339     Document Type: Article

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