No relationship between early postnatal testosterone concentrations and autistic traits in 18 to 30-month-old children

Molecular Autism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kung, Karson T F ^a   Constantinescu, Mihaela ^a   Browne, Wendy V ^a   Noorderhaven, Rebecca M ^a   Hines, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Gender differences; Postnatal development; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLISM; PARENT; PATERNAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SIBLING; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTS; PATERNAL AGE; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SIBLINGS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84959482498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-016-0078-8     Document Type: Article

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