Decreased serum levels of transforming growth factor-β1 in patients with autism

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-190

  Okada, Kyoko ^a   Hashimoto, Kenji ^b   Iwata, Yasuhide ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Tsujii, Masatsugu ^c   Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Sekine, Yoshimoto ^a   Suda, Shiro ^a   Suzuki, Katsuaki ^a   Sugihara, Gen ichi ^a   Matsuzaki, Hideo ^a   Sugiyama, Toshiro ^d   Kawai, Masayoshi ^a   Minabe, Yoshio ^a   Takei, Nori ^a   Mori, Norio ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AICHI CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism; Growth factor; Human serum; Neurodevelopmental disorder

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 33845679801     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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