Blood and brain glutamate levels in children with autistic disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 541-548

  Hassan, Tamer H ^a   Abdelrahman, Hadeel M ^a   Abdel Fattah, Nelly R ^a   El Masry, Nagda M ^a   Hashim, Haitham M ^a   El Gerby, Khaled M ^a   Abdel Fattah, Nermin R ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Autism; Blood glutamate; Brain glutamate

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUTAMIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84872784199     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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