40 infantile autistic patients were studied. They ranged from 6 years to 15 years of age at entry. 22 were cases of classical
infantile autism; whereas 18 lacked one or more clinical defects associated with infantile autism (“pseudoautism”). Of the
22 with classic autism, 21 responded to transfer factor (TF) treatment by gaining at least 2 points in symptoms severity score
average (SSSA); and 10 became normal in that they were main-streamed in school and clinical characteristics were fully normalized.
Of the 18 remaining, 4 responded to TF, some to other therapies. After cessation of TF therapy, 5 in the autistic group and
3 of the pseudo-autistic group regressed, but they did not drop as low as baseline levels.
Key words Autism - dialysable lymphocyte extract - transfer factor