Autism and vitamin D

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 750-759

  Cannell, John Jacob ^a  

^a Atascadero State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANTILE AUTISM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALCITRIOL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 39849102997     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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