Iron and ADHD: Time to Move Beyond Serum Ferritin Levels

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 347-357

  Donfrancesco, Renato ^a   Parisi, Pasquale ^b   Vanacore, Nicola ^c   Martines, Francesca ^a   Sargentini, Vittorio ^d   Cortese, Samuele ^e,f,g  

^a SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Surveillance and Health Promotion   (Italy)

^d ASL RMA   (Italy)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADHD; ferritin; iron

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FERRITIN;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876031626     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711430712     Document Type: Article

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