Iron sucrose versus oral iron therapy in pregnancy anemia

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 214-218

  Neeru, Syal ^a   Nair, N Sreekumaran ^a   Rai, Lavanya ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Intravenous iron sucrose; iron deficiency anemia; oral iron; pregnancy anemia; serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870257637     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.103467     Document Type: Article

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