Early iron supplementation in very low birth weight infants - A randomized controlled trial

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 953-958

  Sankar, Mari Jeeva ^a   Saxena, Renu ^a   Mani, Kalaivani ^a   Agarwal, Ramesh ^a   Deorari, Ashok K ^a   Paul, Vinod K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron supplementation; Neonate; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; IRON; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449129543     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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