Biomarker testing for suspected autism spectrum disorder in early childhood: Is such testing now feasible?

Biomarkers in Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-506

  Mizejewski, Gerald J ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; biomarkers; brain disorders; mental retardation; neonate testing; neuropeptide; social deficit; speech impairment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROKININ A; NEUROTENSIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 4; SECRETIN; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AUTISM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; SOCIOPATHY; SPEECH DISORDER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTENSIN; SEROTONIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 84865517058     PISSN: 17520363     EISSN: 17520371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/bmm.12.34     Document Type: Note

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