Neurologic manifestations of iron deficiency in childhood

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-92

  Yager, Jerome Y ^a,b   Hartfield, Dawn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BREATH HOLDING; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON TRANSPORT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; PHENYLALANINE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0036696169     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00417-4     Document Type: Review

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