Autism, immune dysfunction and Vitamin D

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-

  Becker, Kevin G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79958769002     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01688.x     Document Type: Letter

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