Low levels of insulin-like growth factor-I in cerebrospinal fluid in children with autism

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 614-616

  Vanhala, Raija ^a,c   Turpeinen, Ursula ^b   Riikonen, Raili ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034847868     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2001.tb00244.x     Document Type: Article

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