@article{ref1,
title="Antinuclear antibodies and thyroid function in sexually abused girls",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="1996",
author="De Bellis, M. D. and Burke, L. and Trickett, P. K. and Putnam, F. W.",
volume="9",
number="2",
pages="369-378",
abstract="Sexually abused girls manifest dysregulation of physiological stress response systems. In this exploratory investigation, 14 sexually abused and 13 control girls, ages 8-15 years, recruited from a prospective, longitudinal study, underwent plasma antinuclear antibody and thyroid function tests. Thyroid function tests and plasma antinuclear antibody titers did not differ between sexually abused and control girls. However, a significantly higher incidence of plasma antinuclear antibody titers was seen in abused subjects when compared with the frequency of positive antinuclear antibody titers in a sample of 22 adult healthy female volunteers, ages 20-58 years. These findings suggest that sexually abused girls may show evidence of an alteration in normal immune homeostatic function.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}