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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US);
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (US);
Elaine Tierney, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Forbes D. Porter, Bethesda, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US);
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of autism. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for treating individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Accordingly, in one aspect, the present invention provides methods for treating patients with autism spectrum disorder. In one embodiment, a method for treating an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a patient comprises the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of cholesterol to the patient. In more specific embodiments, the ASD is autism, Asperger's disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Rett's syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder. In one embodiment, the patient has autism.