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Ohio State University Medical Center is one of 12 sites nationally studying an investigational medication for treating children with autism and gastrointestinal problems.
Up to 40 percent of children with autism experience gastrointestinal problems, including stomach ache, constipation, chronic diarrhea, alternating constipation and diarrhea, gaseousness, bloating and reflux.
The medication is an oral dose of human immunoglobulin, which contains antibodies to antigens that are thought to overstimulate the immune system and activate an autoimmune response. Some experts believe that the gastrointestinal problems and immune reactions may even be a cause or aggravator of autistic symptoms in some children.
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