Autism and the immune system

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-349

  Van Gent, Tiejo ^a   Heijnen, Cobi J ^b   Treffers, Philip D A ^b  

^a Acad Ctr V Kinder en J   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Autoimmunity; Immune system; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNITY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN; CHILD; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0030764183     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01518.x     Document Type: Article

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