Lack of association between iron status at birth and growth of preterm infants Ausência de associação entre indicadores de anemia ao nascimento e crescimento de prematuros

• Main Authors: Rosely Sichieri (Author), Vania Matos Fonseca (Author), Daniel Hoffman (Author), Nadia Maria F Trugo (Author), Aníbal Sanchez Moura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between iron status at birth and growth of preterm infants. METHODS: Ninety-five premature babies (26 to 36 weeks of gestational age) born from July 2000 to May 2001 in a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, were followed up for six months, cor...