Evaluating iron status and the risk of anemia in young infants using erythrocyte parameters

Pediatric Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-220

  Torsvik, Ingrid Kristin ^a   Markestad, Trond ^a,b   Ueland, Per Magne ^a,b   Nilsen, Roy M ^a   Midttun, Øivind ^a   Bjørke Monsen, Anne Lise ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETICULOCYTES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84873581270     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2012.162     Document Type: Article

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