Table 2.
Relationship between hyperserotonemia and the increased frequency of serum anti-MBP auto-antibodies in autistic children.
| Patients with autism (n = 50) |
Patients with normal serum serotonin (n = 4) |
Patients with elevated serum serotonin (n = 46) |
χ2 (P) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with normal serum anti-MBP (n = 10) |
1 (25%) | 9 (19.6%) | 0.07 |
| Patients with elevated serum anti-MBP (n = 40) |
3 (75%) | 37 (80.4%) | (0.6) |
Anti-MBP, anti-myelin basic protein antibodies.