Dietary intake, growth and development of children with ADHD in a randomized clinical trial of ritalin and melatonin co-administration: Through circadian cycle modification or appetite enhancement?

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 114-119

  Mostafavi, Seyed Ali ^a   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Hosseinzadeh, Payams ^a   Eshraghian, Mohammad Reza ^a   Akhondzadeh, Shahin ^b   Hosseinzadeh Attar, Mohammad Javad ^a   Ranjbar, Elham ^c   Kooshesh, Seyed Mohammad Ali ^a   Keshavarz, Seyed Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; Diet; Growth and development; Melatonin; Ritalin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871652255     PISSN: 17354587     EISSN: 20082215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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