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There is growing awareness that primary gastrointestinal pathology may play an important role in the inception and clinical expression of some childhood developmental disorders, including autism. In addition to frequent gastrointestinal symptoms, children with autism often manifest complex biochemical and immunological abnormalities. The gut–brain axis is central to certain encephalopathies of extra‐cranial origin, hepatic encephalopathy being the best characterized. Commonalities in the clinical characteristics of hepatic encephalopathy and a form of autism associated with developmental regression in an apparently previously normal child, accompanied by immune‐mediated gastrointestinal pathology, have led to the proposal that there may be analogous mechanisms of toxic encephalopathy in patients with liver failure and some children with autism. Aberrations in opioid biochemistry are common to these two conditions, and there is evidence that opioid peptides may mediate certain aspects of the respective syndromes. The generation of plausible and testable hypotheses in this area may help to identify new treatment options in encephalopathies of extra‐cranial origin. Therapeutic targets

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Author

A. J. Wakefield; J. M. Puleston; S. M. Montgomery; A. Anthony; J. J. O'Leary; S. H. Murch

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Blackwell Publishing; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0269-2813)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)