Galton Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Department of Paediatrics, Medical School, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta.
Early Hum Dev. 2020 Feb;141:104872. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.104872. Epub 2019 Sep 3.
We present evidence that male sex, autism, gender dysphoria and non-right-handedness share a common cause, viz. high levels of maternal first-trimester intrauterine testosterone. This provides an explanation for the (as yet unexplained) co-occurrences and co-morbidities between these conditions and pathologies.
我们提出证据表明,男性性别、自闭症、性别焦虑症和非右利手性共同的原因是母亲在妊娠早期宫内的睾丸素水平较高。这解释了这些情况和病理之间(尚未解释)的同时发生和共病现象。