Dietary intake and plasma levels of choline and betaine in children with autism spectrum disorders

Prenatal and Childhood Nutrition: Evaluating the Neurocognitive Connections

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 231-245

  Hamlin, Joanna C ^a   Pauly, Margaret ^a   Melnyk, Stepan ^a   Pavliv, Oleksandra ^a   Starrett, William ^a   Crook, Tina A ^a   James, S Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1155/2013/578429     Document Type: Chapter

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