Vitamin supplementation reduces the level of homocysteine in the urine of autistic children

Nutrition Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-321

  Kałułna Czaplinska, Joanna ^a   Michalska, Monika ^a   Rynkowski, Jacek ^a  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Supplementation; Urine; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 79955424210     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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