Low folate and vitamin B12 nourishment is common in Omani children with newly diagnosed autism

Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 537-541

  Al Farsi, Yahya M ^a   Waly, Mostafa I ^a,c   Deth, Richard C ^b   Al Sharbati, Marwan M ^a   Al Shafaee, Mohamed ^a   Al Farsi, Omar ^a   Al Khaduri, Maha M ^a   Gupta, Ishita ^a   Ali, Amanat ^a   Al Khalili, Maha ^a   Al Adawi, Samir ^a   Hodgson, Nathaniel W ^b   Ouhtit, Allal ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Autism; Folate; Methylation; Nutrition; Oman; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; OMAN; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84873569727     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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