Autoantibody repertoires to brain tissue in autism nuclear families

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 176-182

  Silva, Susana C ^a   Correia, Catarina ^a   Fesel, Constantin ^a   Barreto, Marta ^a   Coutinho, Ana M ^a   Marques, Carla ^b   Miguel, Teresa S ^b   Ataide, Assunção ^b   Bento, Celeste ^b   Borges, Luis ^b   Oliveira, Guiomar ^b   Vicente, Astrid M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autism; Autoantibody reactivities; Heritability; Immunoblots; Multiparametric analysis; Nuclear families

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAMILY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042615494     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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