Possible effects of tetrahydrobiopterin treatment in six children with autism - Clinical and positron emission tomography data: A pilot study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 313-318

  Fernell, Elisabeth ^a   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^b   Adolfsson, Ingrid ^a   Tani, Yoshihiro ^c   Bergström, Mats ^d   Hartvig, Per ^b   Lilja, Anders ^b   Von Knorring, Anne Liis ^e   Gillberg, Christopher ^f   Långström, Bengt ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; SAPROPTERIN; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH;

EID: 8544278907     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07437.x     Document Type: Article

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