Allergies in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 374-401

  Miyazaki, Celine ^a   Koyama, Momoko ^b   Ota, Erika ^a   Swa, Toshiyuki ^a,c   Amiya, Rachel M ^b   Mlunde, Linda B ^b   Tachibana, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamamoto Hanada, Kiwako ^a   Mori, Rintaro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Atopic rhinitis; Autism spectrum disorder; Food allergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977079317     PISSN: 21957177     EISSN: 21957185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40489-015-0059-4     Document Type: Article

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