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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 197"><p>Autistic boy dies during controversial treatment</p><p></p><p>Wednesday, August 24, 2005 By Karen Kane and Virginia Linn, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</p><p></p><p>A 5-year-old Monroeville boy died this week during a medical treatment that's being touted by some as a cure for autism.</p><p>The autistic boy died while receiving chelation -- an intravenous injection of a synthetic amino acid known as EDTA, for ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the practice only to treat heavy metal (such as lead) poisoning. The treatment is becoming increasingly popular, though still controversial, for autism.</p><p>Police are investigating the boy's death, which occurred Tuesday morning in the office of Dr. Roy Kerry in Portersville. Kerry did not return calls today.</p><p>An autopsy conducted today was inconclusive. Results on the cause and manner of death are pending additional testing that could take up to five months to complete, authorities said.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Lori S. Shery, President</p><p>ASPEN</p><p>Asperger Syndrome Education Network, Inc.</p><p><a href="http://www.aspennj.org" target="_blank">www.aspennj.org</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 197"] Autistic boy dies during controversial treatment Wednesday, August 24, 2005 By Karen Kane and Virginia Linn, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A 5-year-old Monroeville boy died this week during a medical treatment that's being touted by some as a cure for autism. The autistic boy died while receiving chelation -- an intravenous injection of a synthetic amino acid known as EDTA, for ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the practice only to treat heavy metal (such as lead) poisoning. The treatment is becoming increasingly popular, though still controversial, for autism. Police are investigating the boy's death, which occurred Tuesday morning in the office of Dr. Roy Kerry in Portersville. Kerry did not return calls today. An autopsy conducted today was inconclusive. Results on the cause and manner of death are pending additional testing that could take up to five months to complete, authorities said. Lori S. Shery, President ASPEN Asperger Syndrome Education Network, Inc. [url="http://www.aspennj.org"]www.aspennj.org[/url] [/QUOTE]
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