Zinc Deficiency and Dyslexia

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-3-12

Zinc Deficiency and Dyslexia

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 2 (1988): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 1988

Abstract

An association between dyslexia and low concentrations of zinc in sweat has been demonstrated in a study of 26 children aged 6-14 yrs recruited from those attending the Dyslexia Institute, Staines, Middlesex, and the Hornsby Learning Centre, London.

References

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Lombeck I Wilhelm M Hafner D Roloff K Ohnesorge FK Hair zinc of young children from rural and urban areas in North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany Eur J Pediatr 1988 Feb 147 2 179 83 10.1007/BF00442218 3366136
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-3-12 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 23 - 24

Published on: Mar 1, 1988

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Behavior Disorders,

Dyslexia,

Zinc Deficiency

© 1988 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 2 (1988): Issue 3