Serological association of measles virus and human herpesvirus-6 with brain autoantibodies in autism

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-108

  Singh, Vijendra K ^a   Lin, Sheren X ^a   Yang, Victor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Brain disorders; Child behavior; Developmental disorders; HHV 6; Measles; Virus serology

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BRAIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES ANTIBODY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEASLES VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0032189987     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1998.4588     Document Type: Article

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