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1Department of Gynecology, Perinatology and Child Health, University of Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids
|December 2, 2004
Abstract:
We were unable to reveal significant difference in the levels of xanthine and methylxanthines in the urine samples from 59 patients diagnosed with autistic symptoms and 64 age- and sex-matched normal volunteers. Our data suggest that abnormalities in xanthine and methylxanthine excretion (US Patent 20020019406 A1, Feb. 12, 2002) represent distincly uncommon symptoms in autism.
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