Mildly anaemic toddlers respond to iron.
Open Access
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 64 (3) , 400-401
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.64.3.400
Abstract
Thirty eight children with a haemoglobin concentration of 106-110 g/l were given either oral iron (n = 17) or placebo (n = 21) for two months. The treated group achieved a significantly higher rise in haemoglobin concentration; in a quarter it was greater than 20 g/l. While those with the lower mean corpuscular volume and ferritin showed greater rises in haemoglobin these indices were of little value in predicting response in an individual child.Keywords
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