Immune response to dietary proteins, gliadin and cerebellar peptides in children with autism

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-161

  Vojdani, A ^a,b   O'Bryan, T ^c   Green, J A ^d   McCandless, J ^e   Woeller, K N ^f   Vojdani, E ^a   Nourian, A A ^a   Cooper, E L ^b  

^a Immunosciences Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Omnis Group   (United States)

^d The Evergreen Center   (United States)

^e Biohealth Centers ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autoantibodies; Celiac disease; Gliadin and cerebellar peptides; Gluten ataxia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; BRAIN ANTIGEN; BRAIN PEPTIDE; EGG PROTEIN; GLIADIN; MILK PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROSS REACTION; EGG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MILK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PURKINJE CELL; SOYBEAN;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOANTIBODIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4744374906     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10284150400004155     Document Type: Article

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