ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2012
Ferritin and iron levels in children with autistic disorder.
Article in European journal of pediatrics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01745497 (Iron Treatment of Sleep Disorders in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Iron Treatment of Sleep Disorders in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Correlation between sleep problems and morning serum melatonin and ferritin levels in Japanese 5-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Article
- IronDeficiency Across Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Comparative Insights from ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- School-Based Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation and Its Effect on Mental Health Outcomes Among Adolescent Girls in Central Ethiopia: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Article
- Co-exposure to lead and cadmium is associated with increased severity of social deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Occurrence and Correlates of Vitamin D and Iron Deficiency in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Hypometabolism in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Insights from Brain and Blood Transcriptomics.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- How Useful Are Instrumental Examinations in Newly Diagnosed Children with ASD? Insights from Real-World Practice.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Iron Deficiency Prevalence in Bulgarian Children with Cerebral Palsy and Autism: A Call for Nutritional Interventions to Support Development.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Identification of Immune Infiltration and Iron Metabolism-Related Subgroups in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2024Article
- Anemia status of infants and young children aged six to thirty-six months in Ma'anshan City: A retrospective study.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Peripheral Iron Levels in Autism Spectrum Disorders vs. Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Preliminary Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Assessment of Urinary Lead (Pb) and Essential Trace Elements in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Case-Control Study Among Preschool Children in Malaysia.Biological trace element research · 2022Article
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- Expression analysis of selected genes involved in tryptophan metabolic pathways in Egyptian children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and learning disabilities.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Temporal Trend (2016-2018) of Anaemia among 6-23-Month-Old Infants and Young Children in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Gut-Induced Inflammation during Development May Compromise the Blood-Brain Barrier and Predispose to Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
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Abstract
unlabelledIron has an important role on cognitive, behavioral, and motor development. High prevalence of iron deficiency has been reported in autism. The aim of this study was to investigate iron status in a group of children with autistic disorder. The sample was composed of 116 children between 3 and 16 years with a diagnosis of autistic disorder according to DSM-IV criteria. Serum ferritin, iron, hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, and red cell distribution width values were measured. We found that 24.1% of subjects had iron deficiency, and 15.5% had anemia. There was a significant positive correlation between age and ferritin and hematological measures. Results of this study confirmed that iron deficiency and anemia are common in children with autistic disorder.
conclusionThese findings suggest that ferritin levels should be measured in subjects with autism as a part of routine investigation.
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