Response to Letter to Editor on “Social impairments among children perinatally exposed to oxytocin or oxytocin receptor antagonist”

We received the commentary by Ronald F. Lamont and Jan Stener-J ørgensen, regarding our study ‘Social impairments among children perinatal exposed to oxytocin or oxytocin receptor antagonist (OTA)’ with interest. The current study was a retrospective study and examined only a relatively small number of participants, as was acknowledged and stated in the man uscript. Yet, we were able to show the robustness of the results using the bootstrap method. Despite these limitations, the results can be viewed as a warning sign suggesting the need for prospective human studies in future large scale studies, evaluating long term developmental and social outcomes following prenatal exposure to OTA.
Source: Early Human Development - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research