Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Brondino, Natascia ^a   Fusar Poli, Laura ^a   Rocchetti, Matteo ^a   Provenzani, Umberto ^a   Barale, Francesco ^a   Politi, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNOSINE; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTESTINE ENZYME; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUDITORY INTEGRATION TRAINING; AUTISM; CHELATION; CHIROPRACTIC; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DANCE THERAPY; DRAMA THERAPY; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MASSAGE; MEDLINE; MUSIC THERAPY; PET THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY INTEGRATION THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

EID: 84929650680     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/258589     Document Type: Review

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