Decreased serum levels of hepatocyte growth factor in male adults with high-functioning autism

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 412-415

  Sugihara, Genichi ^a   Hashimoto, Kenji ^b   Iwata, Yasuhide ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Tsujii, Masatsugu ^c   Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Sekine, Yoshimoto ^a   Suzuki, Katsuaki ^a   Suda, Shiro ^a   Matsuzaki, Hideo ^a   Kawai, Masayoshi ^a   Minabe, Yoshio ^a   Yagi, Atsuko ^a   Takei, Nori ^a   Sugiyama, Toshiro ^d   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; Developmental disorders; ELISA; Hepatocyte growth factor; Human blood

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33846794473     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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