Levels of cerebrospinal fluid nerve-growth factor differ in infantile autism and Rett syndrome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 148-152

  Riikonen, R ^a   Vanhala, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME;

ATROPHY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RETT SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032983977     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299000328     Document Type: Article

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