Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Youths with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials and Biological Studies

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 534-545

  Chang, Jane Pei Chen ^a,b,c   Su, Kuan Pin ^a,b,c   Mondelli, Valeria ^a   Pariante, Carmine M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DSM-IV; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIET THERAPY; METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85040462211     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2017.160     Document Type: Review

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