Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and autoantibodies to neural antigens in sera of children with autistic spectrum disorders, Landau-Kleffner syndrome, and epilepsy

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-363

  Connolly, Anne M ^a   Chez, Michael ^b   Streif, Elizabeth M ^a   Keeling, Richard M ^a   Golumbek, Paul T ^a   Kwon, Jennifer M ^c   Riviello, James J ^d   Robinson, Ricki G ^e   Neuman, Rosalind J ^a   Deuel, Ruth Mary K ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiendothelial antibodies; Antinuclear antibodies; Autistic spectrum disorder; Autoantibodies; Landau Kleffner syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BRAIN ANTIGEN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HISTONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICS; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM; TITRIMETRY;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 32544434349     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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