Anemia in Children with Down Syndrome

• Main Authors: Ariel Tenenbaum (Author), Sarah Malkiel (Author), Isaiah D. Wexler (Author), Floris Levy-Khademi (Author), Shoshana Revel-Vilk (Author), Polina Stepensky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Iron deficiency anemia impacts on cognitive development. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency in children with Down syndrome and identify risk factors for anemia. Methods. We conducted a prolective cross-sectional study of children att...