Zinc, ferritin, magnesium and copper in a group of Egyptian children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mahmoud, Magdy M ^a   El Mazary, Abdel Azeem M ^a   Maher, Reham M ^a   Saber, Manal M ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Attention deficit; copper; ferritin; hyperactivity; magnesium; zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EGYPT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; EGYPT; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZINC;

EID: 84860594432     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-60     Document Type: Article

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