The role of probiotics in children with autism spectrum disorders: A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

• Lingling Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lingling Zhang, Yiran Xu

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Henan Key Laboratory of Child Brain Injury and Henan Clinical Research Center for Child Neurological Disorders, Institute of Neuroscience and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Yiran Xu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lingling Zhang, Yiran Xu

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Henan Key Laboratory of Child Brain Injury and Henan Clinical Research Center for Child Neurological Disorders, Institute of Neuroscience and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Hongwei Li,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Henan Key Laboratory of Child Brain Injury and Henan Clinical Research Center for Child Neurological Disorders, Institute of Neuroscience and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Bingbing Li,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Henan Key Laboratory of Child Brain Injury and Henan Clinical Research Center for Child Neurological Disorders, Institute of Neuroscience and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Guiqin Duan,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Center for Child Behavioral Development, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

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• Changlian Zhu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: changlian.zhu@neuro.gu.se

  Affiliations Henan Key Laboratory of Child Brain Injury and Henan Clinical Research Center for Child Neurological Disorders, Institute of Neuroscience and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, Center for Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-6730

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