-
- Yahya M Al-Farsi, Mostafa I Waly, Richard C Deth, Marwan M Al-Sharbati, Mohamed Al-Shafaee, Omar Al-Farsi, Maha M Al-Khaduri, Ishita Gupta, Amanat Ali, Maha Al-Khalili, Samir Al-Adawi, Nathaniel W Hodgson, and Allal Ouhtit.
- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
- Nutrition. 2013 Mar 1;29(3):537-41.
ObjectiveArab populations lack data related to nutritional assessment in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), especially micronutrient deficiencies such as folate and vitamin B12.MethodsTo assess the dietary and serum folate and vitamin B12 statuses, a hospital-based case-control study was conducted in 80 Omani children (40 children with ASDs versus 40 controls).ResultsThe ASD cases showed significantly lower levels of folate, vitamin B12, and related parameters in dietary intake and serum levels.ConclusionThese data showed that Omani children with ASDs exhibit significant deficiencies in folate and vitamin B12 and call for increasing efforts to ensure sufficient intakes of essential nutrients by children with ASDs to minimize or reverse any ongoing impact of nutrient deficiencies.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..