Efficacy and safety of hepcidin-based screen-and-treat approaches using two different doses versus a standard universal approach of iron supplementation in young children in rural Gambia: a double-blind randomised controlled trial

Background Iron deficiency prevalence rates frequently exceed 50 % in young children in low-income countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended universal supplementation of young children where anaemia rates are >40 %. However, large randomized trials have revealed that provision of...
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Autor*in:

Wegmüller, Rita [verfasserIn]

Bah, Amat

Kendall, Lindsay

Goheen, Morgan M.

Mulwa, Sarah

Cerami, Carla

Moretti, Diego

Prentice, Andrew M.

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2016

Schlagwörter:

Hepcidin

Iron supplementation

Iron deficiency

Iron deficiency anaemia

Anaemia

Safety

Children

Gambia

Sub-Saharan Africa

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© The Author(s). 2016

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: BMC pediatrics - London : BioMed Central, 2001, 16(2016), 1 vom: 01. Sept.

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:16 ; year:2016 ; number:1 ; day:01 ; month:09

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/s12887-016-0689-4

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SPR027762866

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