Nutritional interventions for autism spectrum disorder.

@article{Karhu2019NutritionalIF,
  title={Nutritional interventions for autism spectrum disorder.},
  author={Elisa Karhu and Ryan Zukerman and Rebecca S. Eshraghi and Jeenu Mittal and Richard Carlton Deth and Ana M. Castejon and Malav S Trivedi and Rahul Mittal and Adrien A. Eshraghi},
  journal={Nutrition reviews},
  year={2019}
}
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an increasingly prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder with considerable clinical heterogeneity. With no cure for the disorder, treatments commonly center around speech and behavioral therapies to improve the characteristic social, behavioral, and communicative symptoms of ASD. Gastrointestinal disturbances are commonly encountered comorbidities that are thought to be not only another symptom of ASD but to also play an active role in modulating the expression of… 
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