Genetic and immunologic considerations in autism

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-125

  Korvatska, Elena ^a   Van de Water, Judy ^a   Anders, Thomas F ^a   Gershwin, M Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autoimmunity; Multigenic traits; Neuroimmune pathology; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; THIOMERSAL;

AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036195694     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.2002.0479     Document Type: Review

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