Autoimmunity to central nervous system may have a role in the pathogenesis of autism. A
subset of anti-ds-DNA antibodies has been recently proved to be pathogenic to the brain as�…

BACKGROUND: Autism may involve an autoimmune pathogenesis. Immunotherapy may
have a role in autistic children who have brain auto-antibodies. AIM: This study aimed to�…

Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed on the basis of behavioral
parameters, several studies have reported immune system abnormalities and suggest the�…

Background Increasing evidence of autoimmune phenomena in some individuals with
autism could represent the presence of altered or inappropriate immune responses in this�…

Autism may involve an autoimmune pathogenesis in a subgroup of patients. The frequency
of anti-nuclear antibodies in 80 autistic children and their relationship to a family history of�…

Background: Autism causes incapacitating neurologic problems in children that last a
lifetime. The author of this article previously hypothesized that autism may be caused by�…

Background The presence of autoantibodies has been proposed as evidence for a role of
autoimmunity in autism. This report investigates the prevalence of autoantibodies in children�…

Serum autoantibodies to human brain, identified by ELISA and Western immunoblotting,
were evaluated in 29 children with autism spectrum disorder (22 with autistic disorder), 9�…

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental
disorders defined behaviorally by abnormalities in social, verbal, and nonverbal�…

Automunumty may be a pathogenic factor in autism, a behavioral disorder of early childhood
onset. Circulating autoantibodies are produced in organ-specific autoimmunity; therefore�…