Effect of twice weekly versus daily iron treatment in Turkish children with iron deficiency anemia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-326

  Tavil, Betül ^a   Sipahi, Tansu ^a,c   Gökçe, Hafize ^b   Akar, Nejat ^b  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ho dere Caddesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Intermittent treatment; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0038476439     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010390203107     Document Type: Article

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