1. Iron Supplementation for Hypoferritinemia-Related Psychological Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
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Yuki Takahashi, Yuichi Onishi, Hideki Okazawa, Yasushi Orihashi, Hideo Matsumoto, Kenji Yamamoto, Keitaro Kimoto, Hiromasa Yabe, Fumiaki Akama, and Katsunaka Mikami
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Iron ,Anxiety ,Irritability ,Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index ,Hemoglobins ,Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Child and adolescent psychiatry ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Child ,Mean corpuscular volume ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Depression ,business.industry ,Iron Deficiencies ,General Medicine ,Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale ,Ferritin ,Dietary Supplements ,Ferritins ,biology.protein ,Clinical Global Impression ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
BACKGROUND Although some studies have described the association between serum ferritin levels and specific disorders in child and adolescent psychiatry, few have focused on mental health with low serum ferritin levels in children and adolescents. This study examined the effects of iron administration on psychological state of children and adolescents with reduced serum ferritin concentration. METHODS This prospective study evaluated 19 participants aged 6-15 years with serum ferritin levels
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- 2022
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