Supplemental vitamin A enhances the recovery from iron deficiency in rats with chronic vitamin A deficiency

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 623-636

  Roodenburg, Annet J C ^a,b   West, Clive E ^a,c   Hovenier, Robert ^a   Beynen, Anton C ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron; Rats; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SPLEEN; TIBIA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; IRON; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; TIBIA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029927662     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960165     Document Type: Article

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