Increased Copper in Individuals with Autism Normalizes Post Zinc Therapy More Efficiently in Individuals with Concurrent GI Disease
Aim To assess plasma zinc and copper concentration in individuals with autism. Subjects and Methods Plasma from 79 autistic individuals, and 18 age and gender similar neurotypical controls, were tested for plasma zinc and copper using inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Results Autistic in...
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| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Nutrition and Metabolic Insights |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/NMI.S6827 |