Iron deficiency in healthy, term infants aged five months, in a pediatric outpatient clinic: a prospective study

• Autori principali: Nur Aida Adnan (Autore), Emer Breen (Autore), Chin Aun Tan (Autore), Crystal C Wang (Autore), Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin (Autore), Lucy Chai See Lum (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Abstract Background Iron deficiency (ID) is prevalent in Malaysian children. The incidence of ID in infants under 6 months of age is unknown. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in healthy, term infants aged below 6 months in our hospital...