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Bench to bedside review: Possible role of vitamin D in autism spectrum disorder.
Psychiatry research - 1 Feb 2018
Jia Feiyong, Shan Ling, Wang Bing, Li Honghua, Miao Chunyue, Xu Zhida, Lin Ching-Po, Saad Khaled
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of dysfunctions in social interaction, communication, and behaviors. Studies have demonstrated that vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and in individuals increased the risk of ASD. A genetic polymorphism study has pinpointed that genotype AA/A-allele of GC rs4588 in children is associated with ASD, which encodes the vitamin D binding protein. Translating the mentioned...
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