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Iron deficiency without anemia: indications for treatment [PDF]

, 2021
Background and Purpose: Iron deficiency without anemia (IDWA) is the predominant form of iron deficiency (ID). In IDWA a negative iron balance reduces the iron stores responsible for keeping the hemoglobin concentration stable.
Castelo-Branco Flores, Camil, Quintas, Lara   +1 more
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Characterization of anemia in children under five years of age from urban areas of Huancavelica and Ucayali, Peru

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Objectives. Characterize anemia in children aged between 12 and 59 months from urban areas in the provinces of Coronel Portillo and Huancavelica in Peru. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional study carried out in two stages: a) population-based study to
Elena Gonzales, Lucio Huamán-Espino, César Gutiérrez, Juan Pablo Aparco, Jenny Pillaca   +4 more
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Iron Deficiency Anemia and its Relation to Bone Density [PDF]

Al-Azhar International Medical Journal, 2000
Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a condition where the body's iron intake is less than its excretion, leading to a negative iron balance. Aim and objectives: To evaluate the association between iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and bone density ...
Sahar El Adawy, Samia Tahar, Haytham Mostafa, Hadeer Abou El-Futouh   +3 more
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The Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia [PDF]

Blood, 1955
Abstract In the normal individual the amount of iron absorbed and lost from the body each day is exceedingly small. There are certain periods during life when body iron requirements are increased; the most important of these is infancy. Here, existing iron stores are rapidly depleted, and a deficient diet can soon produce iron deficiency.
D H, COLEMAN, A R, STEVENS, C A, FINCH
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The usefulness of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) in differentiating anemia occurring in young children The usefulness of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) in differentiating anemia occurring in young children

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica, 2012
We evaluated the usefulness of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and of the sTfR/log ferritin index<br />(sTfR/logF) in the differentiation of anemia in young children.
Barbara Kamer, Elżbieta Dółka, Renata Pasowska, Ewa Świątkowska   +3 more
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Analysis of the iron profile and the incidence of iron deficiency anemia in the third-trimester pregnant women in the coendemic areas of Bengkulu City, Indonesia

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2019
Pregnant women are at risk for iron deficiency anemia especially pregnant women in malaria-endemic areas. This study aimed to analyze the profile of iron in the third trimester pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia in co-endemic area of Bengkulu ...
Mohammad Zulkarnain, Rizka Muliani, Rico Januar Sitorus, Nurlaili Nurlaili   +3 more
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Iron Status Predicts Treatment Failure and Mortality in Tuberculosis Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
Experimental data suggest a role for iron in the course of tuberculosis (TB) infection, but there is limited evidence on the potential effects of iron deficiency or iron overload on the progression of TB disease in humans. The aim of the present analysis
Spiegelman Donna, Sheila Isanaka, Walter C Willett, Mugusi Ferdinand, Isanaka Sheila, Isanaka, Sheila, Wafaie W Fawzi, Fawzi, Wafaie, Spiegelman, Donna, Christopher Duggan, Fawzi Wafaie W., Bosch, Ronald J, Said Aboud, Bosch Ronald J., Willett Walter C., Willett, Walter C, Aboud, Said, Ferdinand Mugusi, Mugusi, Ferdinand, Aboud Said, Ronald J Bosch, Duggan Christopher, Duggan, Christopher, Bosch, Ronald, Donna Spiegelman, Willett, Walter, Fawzi, Wafaie W   +26 more
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Why do adult women in Vietnam take iron tablets?

, 2006
Background: Conducting iron supplementation programs has been a major strategy to reduce iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy. However, only a few countries have reported improvements in the anemia rate at a national level. The strategies used for control
Binns, C.W., Jimba Masamine, Binns Colin W, Jimba, M., Aikawa, R., Nguen, K.C., Nguen Khan C, Zhao Yun, Aikawa Ritsuko, Lee, M.K., Lee Mi Kyung, Zhao, Y.   +11 more
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Low Dose Daily Iron Supplementation Improves Iron Status and Appetite but not Anemia, Whereas Quarterly Anthelminthic Treatment Improves Growth, Appetite and Anemia in Zanzibari Preschool Children. [PDF]

, 2004
Iron deficiency and helminth infections are two common conditions of children in developing countries. The consequences of helminth infection in young children are not well described, and the efficacy of low dose iron supplementation is not well ...
Tielsch, James M., Chway, Hababu M, Tielsch, James M, Jape, Jape Khatib, Savioli, Lorenzo, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, James M. Tielsch, Chway, Hababu M., Marco Albonico, Antonio Montresor, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Montresor, Antonio, Hababu M. Chway, Lorenzo Savioli, Jape Khatib Jape, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., Albonico, Marco   +16 more
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The Significance of Serum Transferrin Receptor Levels in the Diagnosis of the Coexistence of Anemia of Chronic Disease and Iron Deficiency Anemia

Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019
Objective: Iron deficiency anemia is the most common cause of microcytic anemia throughout the world. Ferritin levels are good indicators of iron stores; however, levels may increase irrespective of iron stores in cases of chronic disease.
Osman Yokus, Bilal Yilmaz, Murat Albayrak, Ozlem Sahin Balcik, Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Engin Sennaroglu   +5 more
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