Iron supplementation until 6 months protects marginally low-birth-weight infants from iron deficiency during their first year of life

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 390-395

  Berglund, Staffan K ^a   Westrup, Bjorn ^b   Domellöf, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

growth; infant; iron; low birth weight; supplementation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SUCCINATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; TRANSFERRIN; IRON INTAKE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INFANT NUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT DROPOUT; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; THERAPEUTIC USE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 84926417608     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000633     Document Type: Article

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