Alterations of prolyl endopeptidase activity in the plasma of children with autistic spectrum disorders

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Momeni, Naghi ^a   Nordström, Berit M ^a   Horstmann, Vibeke ^a   Avarsaji, Hassan ^b   Sivberg, Bengt V ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; PROLYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 26844446467     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-27     Document Type: Article

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