Iron Deficiency and Brain Development

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 158-165

  Lozoff, Betsy ^a   Georgieff, Michael K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; basal ganglia; brain development; hippocampus; infant; iron deficiency; myelination

Indexed keywords

IRON; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN PROTECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MICE; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 33750841283     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2006.08.004     Document Type: Review

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