Long-Term Developmental Outcome of Infants with Iron Deficiency

Lozoff, Betsy; Jiménez, Elías; W. Wolf, Abraham

doi:10.1056/nejm199109053251004

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Long-Term Developmental Outcome of Infants with Iron Deficiency

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 5, 1991

Authors:

Betsy Lozoff

Elías Jiménez

Abraham W. Wolf

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Iron-deficiency anemia has been associated with lowered scores on tests of mental and motor development in infancy. However, the long-term developmental outcome of infants with iron deficiency is unknown, because developmental tests in infancy do not predict later intellectual functionin...

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Medicine

Iron deficiency

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