Iron deficiency parameters in autism spectrum disorder: Clinical correlates and associated factors

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Gunes, Serkan ^a   Ekinci, Ozalp ^b   Celik, Tanju ^c  

^a Hatay State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Turkey)

^c Dr Behcet Uz Childrens Public Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anemia; Autism spectrum disorder; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Iron

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; SYMPTOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 85029725489     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-017-0407-3     Document Type: Article

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