Altered amino acid excretion in children with autism

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

  Evans, Craig ^a   Dunstan, R Hugh ^a   Rothkirch, Tony ^a   Roberts, Tim K ^a   Reichelt, Karl L ^b   Cosford, Robyn ^a   Deed, Gary ^c   Ellis, Libby B ^a   Sparkes, Diane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Clinical and Natural Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Autism; Dietary intervention; Urine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARABINOSE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYLYSINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROLINE; SERINE; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TARTARIC ACID; THREONINE; TIMONACIC; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ARABINOSE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCOSURIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUCROSE; TARTRATES;

EID: 45749156816     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147683008X301360     Document Type: Article

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