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Cortisol and behavior in fragile X syndrome.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Oct 2002
Hessl D, Glaser B, Dyer-Friedman J, Blasey C, Hastie T, Gunnar M, Reiss A L
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine if children with fragile X syndrome, who typically demonstrate a neurobehavioral phenotype that includes social anxiety, withdrawal, and hyper-arousal, have increased levels of cortisol, a hormone associated with stress. The relevance of adrenocortical activity to the fragile X phenotype also was examined. METHOD: One hundred and nine children with the fragile...
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