Status of essential elements in autism spectrum disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 783-809

  Saghazadeh, Amene ^a,b   Ahangari, Narges ^c   Hendi, Kasra ^c   Saleh, Fatemeh ^c   Rezaei, Nima ^a,d,e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK USERN   (Iran)

^c NeuroImmunology Research Association (NIRA)   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA)   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; autism; chromium; copper; environmental factors; iodine; iron; trace elements; zinc

Indexed keywords

BORON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ASIAN; AUTISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; HAIR; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HAIR; HUMANS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 85024850208     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2017-0015     Document Type: Review

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