Circulating autoantibodies to neuronal and glial filament proteins in autism

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-90

  Singh, Vijendra K ^a,b,c   Warren, Reed ^b   Averett, Rex ^b   Ghaziuddin, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030886961     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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