Highly Selective Eating in Autism Spectrum Disorder Leading to Scurvy: A Series of Three Patients

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2019, Pages 61-63

  Swed Tobia, Rana ^a   Haj, Ahmad ^a   Militianu, Daniella ^a   Eshach, Orly ^a   Ravid, Sarit ^a   Weiss, Ram ^a   Aviel, Yonatan Butbul ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Food selectivity; Scurvy; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GADOLINIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEREMIA; JOINT MOBILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LEG HEMATOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCURVY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; COMPLICATION; EATING DISORDER;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; SCURVY;

EID: 85061633063     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.12.011     Document Type: Article

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