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Nutritional Neuroscience
An International Journal on Nutrition, Diet and Nervous System
Volume 18, 2015 - Issue 4
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Environment, dysbiosis, immunity and sex-specific susceptibility: A translational hypothesis for regressive autism pathogenesis

Alessandra MezzelaniInstitute for Biomedical TechnologiesNational Research Council, Via Fratelli Cervi93, 20090Segrate (MI), ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Martina LandiniInstitute for Biomedical TechnologiesNational Research Council, Via Fratelli Cervi93, 20090Segrate (MI), Italy
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Francesco FacchianoIstituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Maria Elisabetta RaggiIRCCS “E. Medea” – Ass. “ La Nostra Famiglia”, Via Don Luigi Monza, 20, 23842 Bosisio Parini (LC), Italy
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Laura VillaIRCCS “E. Medea” – Ass. “ La Nostra Famiglia”, Via Don Luigi Monza, 20, 23842 Bosisio Parini (LC), Italy
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Massimo MolteniIRCCS “E. Medea” – Ass. “ La Nostra Famiglia”, Via Don Luigi Monza, 20, 23842 Bosisio Parini (LC), Italy
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Barbara De SantisIstituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Carlo BreraIstituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Anna Maria CaroliDip. Scienze Biomediche e BiotecnologieUniversità degli Studi di Brescia, Viale Europa11, 25123Brescia(BS), Italy
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Luciano MilanesiInstitute for Biomedical TechnologiesNational Research Council, Via Fratelli Cervi93, 20090Segrate (MI), Italy
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Anna MarabottiIRCCS “E. Medea” – Ass. “ La Nostra Famiglia”, Via Don Luigi Monza, 20, 23842 Bosisio Parini (LC), Italy
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Pages 145-161 | Published online: 21 Jan 2014

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