Chelation treatment for autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review

TN Davis, M O'Reilly, S Kang, R Lang, M Rispoli… - Research in Autism …, 2013 - Elsevier
… evaluated the effects of chelation on autism symptomatology. Our … the effects of chelation on
autism symptomatology. ► Four of … not support the use of chelation as a treatment for autism. …

Chelation for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

S James, SW Stevenson, N Silove… - Cochrane Database of …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
… To assess the potential benefits and adverse effects of pharmaceutical chelating agents (referred
to as chelation therapy throughout this review) for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …

Chelation therapy and autism

Y Sinha, N Silove, K Williams - BMJ, 2006 - bmj.com
… current use of chelation therapy in autism is scant, … as autism treatments. In addition, there
is no compelling evidence to suggest that chelation therapy is an effective treatment for autism. …

Immunizations and autism: a review of the literature

A Doja, W Roberts - Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2006 - cambridge.org
… -Mumps-Rubella vaccine and autism. The vaccine preservative … in autism. Again, no
convincing evidence was found to support this claim, nor for the use of chelation therapy in autism. …

Pediatric fatality secondary to EDTA chelation

AJ Baxter, EP Krenzelok - Clinical toxicology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
autism. We report a fatality that occurred as a consequence of chelation therapy for autism
… We describe the inappropriate use of chelation therapy in an autistic child that resulted in a …

Commentary on the abuse of metal chelation therapy in patients with autism spectrum disorders

J Brent - Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2013 - Springer
autism spectrum disorders are subjected to chelation therapy in the US annually. The
overwhelming majority of such cases are chelated … ranges for non-chelated urines, causing falsely …

Chelation therapy trials halted

M Mitka - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
… In the trial, 120 children with autism spectrum disorder and detectable (but not toxic) blood …
chelation with succimer (the agent to be studied in the Mercury Chelation to Treat Autism study…

Desperate for an autism cure

N Shute - Scientific American, 2010 - JSTOR
Chelation can cause kidney failure, particularly in the intravenous form … for autism. In 2005
a fiveyearold boy in Pennsylvania with autism died after being given intravenous chelation. …

Autism study panned by critics

M Wadman - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
autism, many parents still think that it is a problem. He says that a well-designed study of
chelation in children with autism … enrolled would be those already determined to try chelation. …

A prospective assessment of porphyrins in autistic disorders: a potential marker for heavy metal exposure

DA Geier, MR Geier - Neurotoxicity Research, 2006 - Springer
… It was found overall that 83% of non-chelated autism patients, 58% of non-chelated ASD …
among non-chelated ASD patients in comparison to chelated (receiving chelation therapy > 3 …