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No. 1 (2025)

GENERAL THERAPY QUESTIONS AND REVIEWS

The Strategies for Reducing Food Antigen Load in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders

https://doi.org/10.48612/psyph/pdf9-fbmp-x88k

Published 2025-03-30

  • V.O. Generalov
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  • T.P. Klyushnik
    • ,
  • T.E. Obodzinskaya
    • ,
  • A.N. Aleksandrenkova
    • ,
  • T.R. Sadykov
    • ,
  • G.V. Larionov

V.O. Generalov
Medical Center “PlanetaMed”

T.P. Klyushnik
Medical Center “PlanetaMed”

T.E. Obodzinskaya
Medical Center “PlanetaMed”

A.N. Aleksandrenkova
Medical Center “PlanetaMed”

T.R. Sadykov
Medical Center “PlanetaMed”

G.V. Larionov
Medical Center “PlanetaMed”

Abstract

The development of approaches for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as a polyetiological and heterogeneous group of neuropsychological develop mental disorders is a very urgent and difficult task. According to modern concepts, various organs and systems of the body are involved in the pathogenesis of ASD, which determines the need for a complicated comprehensive approach with the use of various therapeutic tools, each aimed at link in systemic immunometabolic dysfunction. This review examines the consideration of strategies associated with diets that limit the intake of certain food antigens in order to reduce the overall antigen load and inflammatory levels used in the complex therapy of patients with ASD.

Keywords

autism spectrum disorders, neuroinflammation, intestinal permeability, elimination diets

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