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Efficacy and Safety of Diet Therapies in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

Yuping Yu, Jin-Yue Huang, Xiaofang Chen, Jia Fu, Xinhui Wang, Linjie Pu, Chunyu Gu, C Cai

Frontiers in Neurology · 2022

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Summary

Objective: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder, with a rapid increase in recognition over the past decade. Interest in alternative therapies is growing annually, such as dietary therapies including gluten-free and/or casein-free diet, and the ketogenic diet. However, there is no consensus on the efficacy and safety of dietary therapy in children with ASD up to now. This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of these diet interventions for children with ASD based on a meta-analysis of global data. Methods: Seven databases (Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, VIP, CNKI, and Wanfang) were searched according to the established inclusion criteria, from the inception of the databases to August 18, 2021. The Cochrane Bias risk assessment tool was intend

Subject
Other / interdisciplinary
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3389/fneur.2022.844117
Catalogue ID
SNmoj1ypl8-8rocrw
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