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Brief report: lack of response in an autistic population to a low dose clinical trial of pyridoxine plus magnesium. 1993

L Tolbert, and T Haigler, and M M Waits, and T Dennis

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294-0017.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008274	Magnesium	A metallic element that has the atomic symbol Mg, atomic number 12, and atomic weight 24.31. It is important for the activity of many enzymes, especially those involved in OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION.
D008297	Male		Males
D010919	Placebos	Any dummy medication or treatment. Although placebos originally were medicinal preparations having no specific pharmacological activity against a targeted condition, the concept has been extended to include treatments or procedures, especially those administered to control groups in clinical trials in order to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol.	Sham Treatment
D011736	Pyridoxine	The 4-methanol form of VITAMIN B 6 which is converted to PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE which is a coenzyme for synthesis of amino acids, neurotransmitters (serotonin, norepinephrine), sphingolipids, aminolevulinic acid. Although pyridoxine and Vitamin B 6 are still frequently used as synonyms, especially by medical researchers, this practice is erroneous and sometimes misleading (EE Snell; Ann NY Acad Sci, vol 585 pg 1, 1990).	Pyridoxin,Pyridoxine Hydrochloride,Pyridoxol,Pyridoxol Hydrochloride,Rodex
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003147	Communication Disorders	Disorders of verbal and nonverbal communication caused by receptive or expressive LANGUAGE DISORDERS, cognitive dysfunction (e.g., MENTAL RETARDATION), psychiatric conditions, and HEARING DISORDERS.	Acquired Communication Disorders,Childhood Communication Disorders,Communication Disabilities,Communication Disorders, Childhood,Communication Disorders, Developmental,Communication Disorders, Neurogenic,Communicative Disorders,Communicative Dysfunction,Developmental Communication Disorders,Neurogenic Communication Disorders,Acquired Communication Disorder,Childhood Communication Disorder,Communication Disability,Communication Disorder,Communication Disorder, Acquired,Communication Disorder, Childhood,Communication Disorder, Developmental,Communication Disorder, Neurogenic,Communication Disorders, Acquired,Communicative Disorder,Communicative Dysfunctions,Developmental Communication Disorder,Disabilities, Communication,Disability, Communication,Dysfunction, Communicative,Dysfunctions, Communicative,Neurogenic Communication Disorder
D004311	Double-Blind Method	A method of studying a drug or procedure in which both the subjects and investigators are kept unaware of who is actually getting which specific treatment.	Double-Masked Study,Double-Blind Study,Double-Masked Method,Double Blind Method,Double Blind Study,Double Masked Method,Double Masked Study,Double-Blind Methods,Double-Blind Studies,Double-Masked Methods,Double-Masked Studies,Method, Double-Blind,Method, Double-Masked,Methods, Double-Blind,Methods, Double-Masked,Studies, Double-Blind,Studies, Double-Masked,Study, Double-Blind,Study, Double-Masked
D004493	Education	Acquisition of knowledge as a result of instruction in a formal course of study.	Literacy Programs,Training Programs,Activities, Educational,Educational Activities,Workshops,Activity, Educational,Educational Activity,Literacy Program,Program, Literacy,Program, Training,Programs, Literacy,Programs, Training,Training Program,Workshop
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man