These findings implicate fT in both social development and attentional focus. They may also have implications for understanding the sex ratio in autism.
The definition of the 'normal' response to Synacthen should be both gender and method related at all time points. The data suggest that up to one-third of untreated patients with pituitary disease may have subtle defects in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
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