Lack of serum antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi in children with autism

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1092-1093

  Burbelo, Peter D ^a   Swedo, Susan E ^b   Thurm, Audrey ^b   Bayat, Ahmad ^a   Levin, Andrew E ^c   Marques, Adriana ^d   Iadarola, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c IMMUNETICS INC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SERUM;

EID: 84880489833     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00643-12     Document Type: Article

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