antibodies | autism | B vitamins | folate | folic acid | vitamin supplement
Treatment with the B vitamin folate may reverse the symptoms of autism in some children.
The purpose of this study was to see if some children with autism have trouble getting the B vitamin folate into the brain. The children also had other health issues such as marked unrest, slowing of head growth, and low muscle tone. The study had 25 patients with early-onset low functioning autism. All but two of these children had low levels of folate in the fluid of the spinal cord. Folate was not able to get into the brain because the children were making antibodies that stopped the cells from carrying the folate from the blood to the brain.
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