Autism is a profound disorder of neurodevelopment with poorly understood biological
origins. A potential role for maternal autoantibodies in the etiology of some cases of autism�…

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder of prenatal onset that is behaviorally defined.
There is increasing evidence for systemic and neuroimmune mechanisms in children with�…

Serum antibodies in 100 mothers of children with autistic disorder (MCAD) were compared
to 100 age-matched mothers with unaffected children (MUC) using as antigenic substrates�…

BACKGROUND: Immune dysfunction has been associated with autism, yet whether
maternal immune status during pregnancy plays a causal role remains to be clarified�…

Autism is a heterogeneous disorder with a poorly understood biological basis. Some
children with autism harbor plasma autoantibodies that target brain proteins. Similarly, some�…

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect approximately 1 in 110 children in the United
States. This report profiles fetal-brain reactive autoantibodies of a large cohort of mothers of�…

Antibodies directed against fetal brain proteins of 37 and 73 kDa molecular weight are found
in approximately 12% of mothers who have children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)�…

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect up to 1 in 68 children. Autism-specific
autoantibodies directed against fetal brain proteins have been found exclusively in a�…

It is believed that in utero environmental factors contribute to autism spectrum disorder
(ASD). The goal of this study was to demonstrate, using the largest cohort reported so far�…

Recent evidence has emerged indicating that the maternal immune response can have a
substantial deleterious impact on prenatal development (Croen et al.,[2008]: Biol Psychiatry�…