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Query: UMLS:C0004352 (
autism
)
32,579
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Five children (three boys and two girls) with
autism
or autistic-like conditions are described. Three of them had congenital hypothyroidism and two had mothers who had probably been hypothyroid in pregnancy. It is suggested that hypothyroid
hormone deficiency
in early development might cause central nervous system damage such that autistic symptoms are likely to ensue. An alternative explanation might be autoimmune factors linking hypothyroidism and
autism
.
...
PMID:Hypothyroidism and autism spectrum disorders. 157 97
