Vitamin D and autism: Clinical review

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1541-1550

  Kočovská, Eva ^a   Fernell, Elisabeth ^b   Billstedt, Eva ^b   Minnis, Helen ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Brain; Calcidiol; Calcitriol; Gene regulation; Neurodevelopment; Vitamin d

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCITRIOL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

AUTISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; ETHNICITY; GENE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84859910819     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.02.015     Document Type: Review

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