Iron supplements reduce the risk of iron deficiency anemia in marginally low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Berglund, Staffan ^a   Westrup, Björn ^b   Domellöf, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adverse effect; Growth; Iron deficiency; Iron deficiency anemia; Low birth weight; Morbidity; Preterm; Randomized controlled trial; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SUCCINATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; FERROUS ION; IRON;

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTITIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; TERM BIRTH; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; NEWBORN;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IRON; MALE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 77957721818     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3624     Document Type: Article

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