Improvement in children with autism treated with intravenous gamma globulin

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 169-176

  Boris, Marvin ^a,d   Goldblatt, Allan ^b   Edelson, Stephen ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Autism Research Institute   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant Behavior Checklist; Autism; Autoimmunity; Intravenous gamma globulin

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASEIN FREE DIET; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; DIET THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERLACTATEMIA; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; STEREOTYPY; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33745896199     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: 13646907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590840600681827     Document Type: Article

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