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. 2012 Apr 18;2012(4):CD003495. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003495.pub3

Sponheim 2002.

Methods Cross‐over, "double‐blind" no further details, No LTFU
Participants Childhood autism (ICD‐10), ADI‐R, age 3‐12 yrs, 5 males, 1 female
Interventions Three doses each of human synthetic secretin or placebo in random order
Outcomes Visual Analogue Scale, Aberrant Behavior Checklist
Notes small sample size (n=6), VAS scale graphical data only, AbBC no change, so no data presented
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Details provided by authors
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Details provided by authors
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk "Double‐blind" with no further details
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No loss to follow‐up