Gluten-free and casein-free diets in the treatment of autism

Functional Foods in Health and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 349-361

  Reissmann, Andreas ^a   Hauser, Joachim ^a   Makulska Gertruda, Ewelina ^a   Tomsa, Loredana ^a   Lange, Klaus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic spectrum disorder; Evidence base; Gluten free and casein free diet; Opioid excess theory; Prevalence of use; Therapeutic effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927710556     PISSN: 23787007     EISSN: 21603855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31989/ffhd.v4i8.146     Document Type: Review

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