Oxytocin plasma concentrations in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Correlation with autistic symptomatology

ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-239

  Taurines, Regina ^a   Schwenck, Christina ^b   Lyttwin, Benjamin ^a   Schecklmann, Martin ^c   Jans, Thomas ^a   Reefschläger, Lennart ^a   Geissler, Julia ^a   Gerlach, Manfred ^a   Romanos, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); High functioning; Oxytocin; Plasma

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84908355936     PISSN: 18666116     EISSN: 18666647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-014-0145-y     Document Type: Article

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