Project DyAdd: Fatty acids in adult dyslexia, ADHD, and their comorbid combination

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Laasonen, Marja ^a,b   Hokkanen, Laura ^a   Leppämäki, Sami ^b   Tani, Pekka ^b   Erkkilä, Arja T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adult; DyAdd; Dyslexia; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

15 TETRACOSENOIC ACID; ADRENIC ACID; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67649444294     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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