TEST METHOD AND TEST KIT FOR PSYCHIATRIC AILMENTS

摘要

Provided is a novel method for testing for the presence or absence of autism-spectrum disorders or the predisposition therefor. A method for testing for the presence or absence of autism-spectrum disorders or the predisposition therefor, said method including a test step in which either the amount of at least one of the fatty acid-binding proteins FABP3, FABP4, FABP5, and FABP7 in a sample prepared from a human body is determined or the expression level of at least one gene selected from among the FABP3 gene, the FABP4 gene, the FABP5 gene, and the FABP7 gene in the aforementioned sample is determined.