The levels of blood mercury and inflammatory-related neuropeptides in the serum are correlated in children with autism spectrum disorder

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 593-599

  Mostafa, Gehan Ahmed ^a,b   Bjørklund, Geir ^c   Urbina, Mauricio A ^d,e   AL Ayadhi, Laila Yousef ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Research   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Autism; Mercury; Neuroinflammation; Neurokinin A

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; NEUROKININ A;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; BLOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; NEUROKININ A; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84953258476     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-015-9784-8     Document Type: Article

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