Zinc for treating of children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review of randomized controlled clinical trials

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-124

  Ghanizadeh, A ^a,d   Berk, M ^b,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Nutrition; Psychotropic; Treatment; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; FERROUS FUMARATE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC GLYCINATE; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MONOTHERAPY; MORNING DOSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ZINC;

EID: 84872136099     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.177     Document Type: Article

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