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Oxidative stress in autism

Abha Chauhan, +1 more
- 01 Aug 2006 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 3, pp 171-181
TLDR
Increases in oxidative stress with membrane lipid abnormalities, inflammation, aberrant immune response, impaired energy metabolism and excitotoxicity, leading to clinical symptoms and pathogenesis of autism is proposed.
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This article is published in Pathophysiology.The article was published on 2006-08-01. It has received 569 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Autism & Oxidative stress.

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