Food faddism causing vision loss in an autistic child

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 601-602

  Uyanik, O ^a   Dogangun, Burak ^b   Kayaalp, L ^b   Korkmaz, B ^a   Dervent, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; MULTIVITAMIN; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPULSION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOLALIA; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NIGHT VISION; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTYPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROPHTHALMIA;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIET FADS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; VISION DISORDERS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33747058468     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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