Towards a further understanding of prenatal thyroid theory of homosexuality: Autoimmune thyroiditis, polycystic ovary syndrome, autism and low birth weight

Research into the neurobiological origins of same-sex attraction is inconclusive. A recent theory of homosexuality posited that maternal thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy is associated with an increased rate of homosexual orientation in offspring. Relevant studies from the prenatal thyroid model...

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Main Author: Osman Sabuncuoglu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - Emerald Publishing 2017-10-01
Series:Mental Illness
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/7325