Comparison of fecal microbiota in children with autism spectrum disorders and neurotypical siblings in the simons simplex collection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Son, Joshua S ^a   Zheng, Ling J ^a   Rowehl, Leahana M ^a   Tian, Xinyu ^b   Zhang, Yuanhao ^b   Zhu, Wei ^b   Litcher Kelly, Leighann ^a   Gadow, Kenneth D ^a   Gathungu, Grace ^a   Robertson, Charles E ^c   Ir, Diana ^c   Frank, Daniel N ^c   Li, Ellen ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MIGRAINE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL FECES; ADOLESCENT; AEROPHAGIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDETES; BLOATING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPEPSIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FUSOBACTERIALES; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIMB PAIN; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOBILUNCUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROME III QUESTIONNAIRE; RUMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SUTTERELLA; VOMITING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHENOTYPE; SIBLING;

RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BACTERIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84947275340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137725     Document Type: Article

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