Prevalence and titre of antibodies to cytomegalovirus and epstein-barr virus in patients with autism spectrum disorder

In Vivo

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 621-626

  Gentile, Ivan ^a   Zappulo, Emanuela ^a   Bonavolta, Raffaele ^a   Maresca, Roberta ^b   Messana, Tullio ^b   Buonomo, Antonio Riccardo ^a   Portella, Giuseppe ^a   Sorrentino, Rosanna ^a   Settimi, Alessandro ^a   Pascotto, Antonio ^b   Borgia, Guglielmo ^a   Bravaccio, Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibody titre; Autism spectrum disorder; CMV; EBV

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84918574769     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: 17917549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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