Iron deficiency anemia, pica, and restless legs syndrome in a teenage girl

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-85

  Starn, Autumn Lynn ^b   Udall Jr , John N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Pagophagia; Pica; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; ROPINIROLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PICA; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; PICA; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 36948999406     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807303930     Document Type: Article

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