Symptoms of Autism
Research analysis led by Kamal Patel.
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Summary of Symptoms of Autism
Primary Information, Benefits, Effects, and Important Facts
Scientific Information on Symptoms of Autism
Human Effect Matrix
The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies (it excludes animal and in vitro studies) to tell you what supplements affect symptoms of autism
| Grade | Level of Evidence [show legend] |
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Outcome |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notes |
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N-Acetylcysteine | - | - See all 3 studies |
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L-Carnitine |
Notable
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- See study |
High dose carnitine (50mg per kilogram) appears to reduce some symptoms of autism as assessed by rating scales; notable due to the rarity of a supplement towards this goal
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Ginkgo biloba | - | Very High See 2 studies |
The better conducted trial and parts of the preliminary evidence suggest no therapeutic benefit of ginkgo biloba in the treatment of autism
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Inositol | |||