Low dose 'Sprinkles' - An innovative approach to treat iron deficiency anemia in infants and young children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-100

  Hirve, Siddhivinayak ^b   Bhave, Sheila ^a   Bavdekar, Ashish ^b   Naik, Sadanand ^b   Pandit, Anand ^b   Schauer, Claudia ^b   Christofides, Anna ^b   Hyder, Ziauddin ^b   Zlotkin, Stanley ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Iron deficiency anemia; Sprinkles; Young children

Indexed keywords

FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE; FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS GLYCINE SULPHATE; FERSOFT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON DERIVATIVE; SPRINKLES; SUNACTIVE FE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; COMMUNITY TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FECES COLOR; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSAGE FORMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847037995     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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