Possible immunogenetic basis for autism

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-141

  Burger, Roger A ^a   Warren, Reed P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Immune system

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AUTISM; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME 6; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031927981     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1998)4:2<137::AID-MRDD11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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