Urinary levels of neopterin and biopterin in autism

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-20

  Messahel, S ^a   Pheasant, A E ^a   Pall, H ^a   Ahmed Choudhury, J ^a   Sungum Paliwal, R S ^a   Vostanis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autoimmunity; Biopterin; Neopterin

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; NEOPTERIN; PTERIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOPTERIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPTERIN; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 0032559209     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00976-2     Document Type: Article

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