Decreased levels of total immunoglobulin in children with autism are not a result of B cell dysfunction

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 94-102

  Heuer, Luke S ^a   Rose, Melissa ^a,b   Ashwood, Paul ^a,b   Van de Water, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; B cell; Immune system; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865648884     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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