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ReviewJournal of molecular neuroscience : MN2018

Diagnostic and Severity-Tracking Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Geir Bjørklund, Nagwa A Meguid, Afaf El-Ansary, Mona A El-Bana, Maryam Dadar, Jan Aaseth, Maha Hemimi, Joško Osredkar, Salvatore Chirumbolo

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Review in Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. The Role of Lipidomics in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

Geir BjørklundCouncil for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM), Toften 24, 8610, Mo i Rana, Norway. bjorklund@conem.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2632-3935
Nagwa A MeguidResearch on Children with Special Needs Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Afaf El-AnsaryCentral Laboratory, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mona A El-BanaCONEM Egypt Child Brain Research Group, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
Maryam DadarAgricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran.
Jan AasethFaculty of Public Health, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway.
Maha HemimiResearch on Children with Special Needs Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Joško OsredkarInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry (KIKKB), Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Salvatore ChirumboloDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
National Research Centre · EGInnlandet Hospital Trust · NOKing Saud University · SALjubljana University Medical Centre · SIRazi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute · IRThe Research Council of Norway · NOUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder afflicting about one in every 68 children. It is behaviorally diagnosed based on a triad of symptoms, including impairment in communication, impairment in sociability and abnormal and stereotypic behavior. The subjectivity of behavioral diagnosis urges the need for clinical biomarker tests to improve and complement ASD diagnosis and treatment. Over the past two decades, researchers garnered a broad range of biomarkers associated with ASD and often correlating with the severity of ASD, which includes metabolic and genetic biomarkers or neuroimaging abnormalities. Metabolic biomarkers are either involved in key pathways such as a trans-sulfuration pathway or produced due to the derangement of these pathways in the case of oxidative stress. Recent studies reported several genetic abnormalities related to ASD, encompassing various mechanisms, from copy number variations (CNVs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to chromosomal anomalies. However, it is still premature to consider these genetic variants as true biomarkers for ASD, due to their low reproducibility and regional-specific nature. Herein, we comprehensively review state of the art about major biomarkers reported in ASD and the association of some biomarkers with ASD symptoms and severity. It is important to establish those biomarkers to be able to help in the diagnosis and to optimize the treatment of ASD.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderBiomarkersHumansBiomarkersAutismBiomarkersDiagnosisSeverity

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PMID30357679
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