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Mitochondrial disease in autism spectrum disorder patients: a cohort analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2008
Weissman Jacqueline R, Kelley Richard I, Bauman Margaret L, Cohen Bruce H, Murray Katherine F, Mitchell Rebecca L, Kern Rebecca L, Natowicz Marvin R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous reports indicate an association between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and disorders of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. One study suggested that children with both diagnoses are clinically indistinguishable from children with idiopathic autism. There are, however, no detailed analyses of the clinical and laboratory findings in a large cohort of these children. Therefore, we...
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