Hormone disorder and vitamin deficiency in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1077-1082

  Bala, Keziban Asll ^a   Doǧan, Murat ^a   Kaba, Sultan ^a   Mutluer, Tuba ^b   Aslan, Oktay ^a   Doǧan, Sekibe Zehra ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

adrenal and gonadal steroids; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); autism spectrum disorder (ASD); thyroid hormones; vitamin B12; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; VITAMIN D; HORMONE;

ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISORDERS OF HORMONE METABOLISM; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; AVITAMINOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AVITAMINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84989298843     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2015-0473     Document Type: Article

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