CellWell record HH-439607
Hair Metals and Essential Trace Element Profiles in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (F84.0): an Exploratory Case-Control Study With Sex Stratified Descriptive Analyses
Renata Rizzo; Tommaso Filippini; Chiara Copat; Alfina Grasso; Eliana Pellegrino; Valentina Crisafi; Andrea Moscato; Margherita Ferrante; Rita Barone; Maria Fiore
2026
In plain language
In an exploratory study of 154 children, those with autism had higher hair zinc, selenium and copper and some toxic metals, but lower mercury, than controls, with sex-specific differences.
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