Children With Autism: Effect of Iron Supplementation on Sleep and Ferritin

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 152-158

  Dosman, Cara F ^a   Brian, Jessica A ^b   Drmic, Irene E ^c   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^d   Harford, Mary M ^b   Smith, Ryan W ^b   Sharieff, Waseem ^e   Zlotkin, Stanley H ^e   Moldofsky, Harvey ^f   Roberts, S Wendy ^b  

^a GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON THERAPY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; PARASOMNIAS; PILOT PROJECTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 33847671940     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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