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Iron deficiency anemia among children aged 2–5 years in southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2021
Background Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is a common type of nutritional anemia in low-income countries, including Ethiopia. However, there is limited data on iron deficiency anemia prevalence and associated factors in Ethiopia, particularly for children ...
Lejisa, Tadesse, Lindtjørn, Bernt, Bernt Lindtjørn, Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen, Loha, Eskindir, Orsango, Alemselam Zebdewos, Habtu, Wossene, Wossene Habtu, Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S., Lindtjorn, Bernt, Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv, Tadesse Lejisa, Eskindir Loha, Alemselam Zebdewos Orsango   +13 more
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The prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Its Anemia in 1-5 Years Old Children and Their Mothers in Birjand City [PDF]

Journal of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, 2013
Background ;Objective: Micronutrient deficiencies are the most common nutritional disorders in the world in which iron deficiency is the most important one.
Azita Fesharakinia
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IRON DEFICIENCY AND IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA – A GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2016
Iron deficiency is defined as a condition in which there is not an adequate iron level necessary to maintain the normal physiologic functions. Having the magnitude of epidemics, anemia is a global public health problem, which affects both the emerging ...
Laura Florescu, Oana-Raluca Temneanu, Nicolai Nistor, Dana Elena Mindru   +3 more
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IRON DEFICIENCY AND IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

The Bulletin of Contemporary Clinical Medicine, 2010
Prevalence of iron defi ciency, physiologic role of iron in the organism, modern laboratory markers of iron kinetics, biochemical markers of iron defi ciency, classifi cation and clinical picture of iron defi ciency anemia, instrumental diagnostics, management of anemia according to severity and optimal schemes of prophylaxis are described in the ...
Nail' A. Andreichev, Larisa V. Baleyeva
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Methods to assess iron and iodine status

, 2008
Four methods are recommended for assessment of iodine nutrition: urinary iodine concentration, the goitre rate, and blood concentrations of thyroid stimulating hormone and thyroglobulin.
Zimmermann, Michael B., Zimmermann, M.B.
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Assessment of maternal anemia in rural Western China between 2001 and 2005: a two-level logistic regression approach. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: There are multiple adverse effects of anemia on human function, particularly on women. However, few researches are conducted on women anemia in rural Western China.
Ren, Lin, Wang, Duolao, Pei, Leilei, Lin Ren, Duolao Wang, Yan, Hong, Leilei Pei, Hong Yan   +7 more
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Ability of serum ferritin to diagnose iron deficiency anemia in an elderly cohort

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
Background Diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency anemia in older subjects improves their quality of life. Serum ferritin as a marker of iron stores is an acute phase protein.
Mansour Babaei, Sajedeh Shafiei, Ali Bijani, Behzad Heidari, Seyed Reza Hosseyni, Mohsen Vakili Sadeghi   +5 more
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Iron deficiency anemia

Hematology, 2013
Iron is an essential mineral for oxygen transport and energy production. Increased requirements, as with pregnancy, or inadequate dietary intake of iron may lead to varying degrees of depletion. If iron depletion is severe, iron deficiency anemia (IDA) occurs.
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
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Helicobacter pylori associated to unexplained or refractory iron deficiency anemia: an Egyptian single-center experience

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, 2018
Background: Refractory or unexplained iron deficiency anemia accounts for about 15% of all cases. The endoscopic gastrointestinal workup sometimes fails to establish the cause of iron deficiency anemia and a considerable proportion of patients regardless
Doaa M. El Demerdash, Heba Ibrahim, Dina M. Hassan, Heba Moustafa, Nehad M. Tawfik   +4 more
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