Metabolic Diagnostics in Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Diseases
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2020) | Viewed by 326
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Psychiatric disturbances and atypical developmental patterns occur in inherited metabolic disorders at pediatric age. However, metabolic profiles may support identification of biomarkers in neurodevelopmental disturbances, such as autism spectrum disorder. This Special Issue aims to highlight the importance of proper metabolic diagnostic to disentangle diagnosis of pediatric patients with inborn errors of metabolism presenting with neurodevelopmental disturbances and/or neuropsychiatric symptoms. In this regard, review and research articles focusing on diagnostic of IEM presenting with neurological and/or psychiatric features are welcome. On the other hand, the issue is equally devoted to addressing secondary metabolic disturbances in idiopathic neurodevelopmental disturbances. We therefore invite review and original research articles focusing on metabolic procedures in pediatric neuropsychiatric diseases, with special emphasis on targeted and untargeted metabolome, proteome, and glicome profiling of patients with neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASD and others.
Prof. Dr. Rita Barone
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Inherited neurometabolic diseases
- Metabolic diagnostics
- Neurodevelopmental disturbances
- Metabolome
- Proteome
- Glycome
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