Effect of camel milk on thymus and activation-regulated chemokine in autistic children: Double-blind study

Pediatric Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 559-563

  Bashir, Shahid ^a,b   Al Ayadhi, Laila Y ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BOILED MILK; CAMEL MILK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAMELS; CHEMOKINE CCL17; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MILK;

EID: 84896447457     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.248     Document Type: Article

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