Mini-puberty testosterone and infant autistic traits

BackgroundLevels of steroid hormones in the first three months of life, a period referred to as ‘mini-puberty’, are one of the earliest physiological differences between typical males and females postnatally. Autistic traits also show consistent typical sex differences in later infancy, after the 18...

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Main Authors: Alex Tsompanidis, Sarah Hampton, Ezra Aydin, Carrie Allison, Rosemary Holt, Simon Baron-Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1126023/full