Expert recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of iron-deficiency anemia during pregnancy and the postpartum period in the Asia-Pacific region

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-121

  Breymann, Christian ^a   Bian, Xu Ming ^b   Blanco Capito, Lourdes R ^c   Chong, Christopher ^d   Mahmud, Ghazala ^e   Rehman, Rakhshanda ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^d GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^f FATIMA JINNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anemia; iron deficiency; iron therapy; postpartum; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS GLUCONATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON POLYMALTOSE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUERPERIUM;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC;

EID: 79952804128     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.132     Document Type: Article

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