Does rubella cause autism: A 2015 reappraisal?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue FEB2016, 2016, Pages

  Hutton, Jill ^a  

^a Woman's Hospital of Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic spectrum; Congenital rubella infection; Congenital rubella syndrome; Rubella; Rubella virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; GRAY MATTER; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MICROGLIA; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA VIRUS; TERATOGENESIS; VACCINATION; VISUAL DISORDER; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84957812796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00025     Document Type: Article

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