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Can Sibling Sex Ratios Be Used as a Valid Test for the Prenatal Androgen Hypothesis of Autism Spectrum Disorders?

BACKGROUND: Sibling sex ratios have been applied as an indirect test of a hypothesized association between prenatal testosterone levels and risk for autism, a developmental disorder disproportionately affecting males. Differences in sibling sex ratios between those with and without autism would prov...

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Autores principales: Cheslack-Postava, Keely, Susser, Ezra, Liu, Kayuet, Bearman, Peter S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26495967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141338