Oxidative Stress and Erythrocyte Membrane Alterations in Children with Autism: Correlation with Clinical Features

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Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ghezzo, Alessandro ^a   Visconti, Paola ^b   Abruzzo, Provvidenza M ^a,c   Bolotta, Alessandra ^a,c   Ferreri, Carla ^d   Gobbi, Giuseppe ^b   Malisardi, Gemma ^e   Manfredini, Stefano ^e   Marini, Marina ^a,c   Nanetti, Laura ^f   Pipitone, Emanuela ^g   Raffaelli, Francesca ^f   Resca, Federica ^b   Vignini, Arianna ^f   Mazzanti, Laura ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^g Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; HEXANOYLLYSINE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; SIALIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLASMA RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; URINE;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOPROSTANES; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

EID: 84879236392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066418     Document Type: Article

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