Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in relatives of patients with selective immunoglobulin A deficiency

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-208

  Santaella, María L ^a,b   Varela, Yessica ^a,b   Linares, Nicolás ^a,b   Disdier, Orville M ^a  

^a Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorders; Selective Iga deficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 58149113198     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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