Iron metabolism dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in pediatric obesity: Is there a connection?

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 9163-9170

  Grandone, Anna ^a   Marzuillo, Pierluigi ^a   Perrone, Laura ^a   del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive dysfunction; Hepcidin; Iron deficiency; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; IRON;

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; REVIEW; BLOOD; CHILD; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; COGNITION; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; IRON; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 84946887221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7115458     Document Type: Review

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