High blood monocyte counts and neopterin levels in children with autistic disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1691-1693

  Sweeten, Thayne L ^a   Posey, David J ^a   McDougle, Christopher J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASOPHIL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTES; NEOPTERIN;

EID: 0642343891     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.9.1691     Document Type: Article

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