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- Title
Plasma amino acid levels in children with autism and their families.
- Authors
Aldred, Sarah; Moore, Kieran M; Fitzgerald, Michael; Waring, Rosemary H
- Abstract
Plasma amino acid levels were measured in autistic and Asperger syndrome patients, their siblings, and parents. The results were compared with values from age-matched controls. Patients with autism or Asperger syndrome and their siblings and parents all had raised glutamic acid, phenylalanine, asparagine, tyrosine, alanine, and lysine (p < .05) than controls, with reduced plasma glutamine. Other amino acids were at normal levels. These results show that children with autistic spectrum disorders come from a family background of dysregulated amino acid metabolism and provide further evidence for an underlying biochemical basis for the condition.
- Publication
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2003, Vol 33, Issue 1, p93
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1023/a:1022238706604