Is there a role for routinely screening children with autism spectrum disorder for creatine deficiency syndrome?

Autism Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 268-272

  Wang, Lv ^a   Angley, Manya T ^a   Sorich, Michael J ^a   Young, Robyn L ^b   McKinnon, Ross A ^a   Gerber, Jacobus P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Creatine (CR); Creatine deficiency syndrome (CDS); Diagnostic biomarkers; Guanidinoacetate (GAA); Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS MS)

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CREATINE; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; PLASMA MEMBRANE NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SYNDROME; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 79251478428     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.145     Document Type: Article

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