Homocysteine level in urine of autistic and healthy children

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-34

  Kałuzna Czaplińska, Joanna ^a   Michalska, Monika ^a   Rynkowski, Jacek ^a  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autism; GC MS; Homocysteine; Urine

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

NAVICULA;

EID: 79953177534     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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