Maternal thyroid autoantibody and elevated risk of autism in a national birth cohort

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-92

  Brown, Alan S ^a,b   Surcel, Heljä Marja ^c   Hinkka Yli Salomäki, Susanna ^d   Cheslack Postava, Keely ^b   Bao, Yuanyuan ^a   Sourander, Andre ^a,d,e  

^a Department of Psychiatry College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autism; Autoantibody; Autoimmune; Birth cohort; Epidemiology; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID MICROSOMAL ANTIBODIES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909606159     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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