Aminoglycoside antibiotics and autism: A speculative hypothesis

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Manev, Radmila ^a   Manev, Hari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL ETHICS; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOP CODON;

EID: 2642550771     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-1-5     Document Type: Article

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