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

Authors: Brown AS, Surcel HM, Hinkka-Yli-Salomaki S, Cheslack-Postava K, Bao YY, Sourander A

Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Publication year: 2015

Journal: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Journal name in source: PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Journal acronym: PROG NEURO-PSYCHOPH

Volume: 57

Issue: 3

First page : 86

Last page: 92

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 0278-5846

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.10.010

Abstract

Conclusions: These findings provide the first biomarker-based evidence that a class of known maternal autoimmune disorders is related to autism in offspring. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.