Pregnancy risk factors in autism: A pilot study with artificial neural networks

Pediatric Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 339-347

  Grossi, Enzo ^a   Veggo, Federica ^a,b   Narzisi, Antonio ^c   Compare, Angelo ^d   Muratori, Filippo ^e  

^a Villa Santa Maria Institute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DSM-5; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84982274157     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2015.222     Document Type: Article

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