Autism: Maternally derived antibodies specific for fetal brain proteins

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-231

  Braunschweig, Daniel ^a   Ashwood, Paul ^a,b   Krakowiak, Paula ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Hansen, Robin ^a,b   Croen, Lisa A ^c   Pessah, Isaac N ^a   Van de Water, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autoantibodies; Maternal antibodies; Regression

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BRAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39749104429     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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