Leptin as a new approach for treatment for autism and epilepsy, a hypothesis with clinical implications

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-

  Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

AUTISM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KETOGENIC DIET; LETTER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETT SYNDROME; RODENT;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; LEPTIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 78650308384     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.08.003     Document Type: Letter

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