Effect of a vitamin/mineral supplement on children and adults with autism

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Adams, James B ^a   Audhya, Tapan ^b   McDonough Means, Sharon ^c   Rubin, Robert A ^d   Quig, David ^e   Geis, Elizabeth ^a   Gehn, Eva ^a   Loresto, Melissa ^a   Mitchell, Jessica ^f   Atwood, Sharon ^a   Barnhouse, Suzanne ^a   Lee, Wondra ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Diagnostics and Research Institute   (United States)

^c Integrative Developmental Pediatrics   (United States)

^d WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Doctor's Data   (United States)

^f Southwest College Naturopathic Med   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BIOTIN; CALCIUM ASCORBATE; CHOLINE; CHROMIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIMETHYL SULFONE; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; GLUCONATE ZINC; INOSITOL; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MANGANESE; MOLYBDATE SODIUM; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PANTOTHENATE CALCIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENOMETHIONINE; SODIUM SELENITE; THIAMINE; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NIGHTMARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION REVISED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155191076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-111     Document Type: Article

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