Antibrain antibodies in children with autism and their unaffected siblings

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 149-155

  Singer, Harvey S ^a   Morris, Christina M ^a   Williams, Phillip N ^a   Yoon, Dustin Y ^a   Hong, John J ^a   Zimmerman, Andrew W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

100 kDa; 73 kDa; Autism; Autoantibodies; Immunoblotting; Siblings

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANTIBODY; EPITOPE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SIBLING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33748189764     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.05.025     Document Type: Article

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