Decreased Serum Levels of Platelet-Endothelial Adhesion Molecule (PECAM-1) in Subjects with High-Functioning Autism: A Negative Correlation with Head Circumference at Birth

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1056-1058

  Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Hashimoto, Kenji ^b   Iwata, Yasuhide ^a   Tsujii, Masatsugu ^d   Sekine, Yoshimoto ^a   Sugihara, Genichi ^a   Matsuzaki, Hideo ^a   Suda, Shiro ^a   Kawai, Masayoshi ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Minabe, Yoshio ^a   Yagi, Atsuko ^a   Iyo, Masaomi ^c   Takei, Nori ^a,e   Mori, Norio ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; developmental disorders; ELISA; head circumference; high functioning autism; human blood

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGENS, CD31; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEPHALOMETRY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAD; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALE; PARTURITION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 35248867967     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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