G6PD deficiency in autism : AAA case-series from Saudi Arabia

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Al Salehi, Saleh M ^a   Ghaziuddin, Mohammad ^b  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; G6PD deficiency; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 62549116995     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-008-0721-9     Document Type: Article

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