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Comparative Study
. 1993 May;87(5):312-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03378.x.

Serotonin and amino acid content in platelets of autistic children

L H Rolf  1 , F Y Haarmann, K H Grotemeyer, H Kehrer
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Comparative Study

Serotonin and amino acid content in platelets of autistic children

L H Rolf et al. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1993 May.

Abstract

The platelet levels of serotonin and the amino acids aspartic acid, glutamine, glutamic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid were measured in 18 drug-free autistic (DSM-III criteria) and 14 age-matched healthy children. Serotonin was significantly increased while the amino acids aspartic acid, glutamine, glutamic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid were significantly decreased in comparison with the controls. It is suggested that the decline of the amino acids in platelets from autistic children represents a biochemical marker related to infantile autism.

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