Lack of placental steroid hormone may increase risk of autism (1)

21 Oct 2019


Low levels of placental hormone, alloprenanolone, may affect foetal brain development and increase autism risk, according to research presented at the Neuroscience 2019 annual meeting in Chicago.

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