Urinary epidermal and insulin-like growth factor excretion in autistic children

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-153

  Anlar, B ^a   Oktem, F ^b   Bakkaloglu, B ^b   Haliloglu, M ^b   Oguz, H ^a   Unal, F ^b   Pehlivanturk, B ^b   Gokler, B ^b   Ozbesler, C ^b,c   Yordam, N ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Child Psychiatry ^*  (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autism; Growth factor; IGF 1; Insulin like growth factor; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE;

EID: 36649023918     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-990282     Document Type: Article

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