Serum Anti-Nuclear Antibodies as a Marker of Autoimmunity in Egyptian Autistic Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-112

  Mostafa, Gehan A ^a   Kitchener, Nabil ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Mataryia Teaching Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 58149173500     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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