Alterations in Sensitivity to Estrogen, Dihydrotestosterone, and Xenogens in B-Lymphocytes from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Unaffected Twins/Siblings

Table 1

Effects of charcoal stripping on hormone levels of calf fetal serum.

Hormone	Progesterone ng/mL (nM)	Testosterone pg/mL (nM)	Estradiol pg/mL (pM)	Estrone pg/mL (nM)
Fetal calf serum	<0.20	472 (1.6)	0.4 (1.5)	14,247 (53)
Stripped	<0.20	<200	ND	13

Levels of hormones in unstripped/stripped fetal calf serum as determined by an independent laboratory, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX, USA. ND: nondetected.