The potential importance of steroids in the treatment of autistic spectrum disorders and other disorders involving mercury toxicity

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 946-954

  Geier, Mark R ^a   Geier, David A ^b  

^a Genetic Centers of America   (United States)

^b MedCon Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; BICALUTAMIDE; CHELATING AGENT; CHOLINE; CYPROTERONE; ESTROGEN; FINASTERIDE; FLUTAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEUPRORELIN; MERCURY; MUSCARINIC AGENT; NAFARELIN; NILUTAMIDE; SECRETIN; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE; TESTOSTERONE; THIOMERSAL; TRIPTORELIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CELL PROTECTION; CHELATION THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15244361322     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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