Iron supplements and oxidative stress in very low birth weight infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 890-891

  Raghuveer, Talkad S ^a   Buettner, Garry R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS SULFATE; LACTOFERRIN;

ANEMIA; BREAST MILK; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 43749112481     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.12.041     Document Type: Letter

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