Autistic enterocolitis: Fact or fiction?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Galiatsatos, Polymnia ^a   Gologan, Adrian ^a   Lamoureux, Esther ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asperger's; Autism; Enterocolitis; Gastritis

Indexed keywords

MESALAZINE; PINAVERIUM BROMIDE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EROSION; ADOLESCENT; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; STOMACH ANTRUM;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PYLORIC ANTRUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349107983     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/394317     Document Type: Article

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