Early and late Iron supplementation for low birth weight infants: A meta-analysis

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jin, Hong Xing ^a   Wang, Rong Shan ^a   Chen, Shu Jun ^a   Wang, Ai Ping ^a   Liu, Xi Yong ^a  

^a Yiwu Maternity and Child Care Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Infant; Iron; Low birth weight; Meta analysis; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; AGE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; IRON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928349680     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-015-0121-y     Document Type: Article

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