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British Medical Bulletin 55:534-543 (1999)
© 1999 The British Council

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Anaemia and iron deficiency disease in children

Manuel Olivares, Tomás Walter, Eva Hertrampf and Fernando Pizarro

Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology(INTA), University of Chile Santiago, Chile

Correspondence to: Manuel Olivares, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, Macul 5540, Casilla 138, Santiago 11, Chile

Abstract

Iron deficiency is the single most common nutritional disorder world-wide and the main cause of anaemia in infancy, childhood and pregnancy. It is prevalent in most of the developing world and it is probably the only nutritional deficiency of consideration in industrialised countries. In the developing world the prevalence of iron deficiency is high, and is due mainly to a low intake of bioavailable iron. However, in this setting, iron deficiency often co-exists with other conditions such as, malnutrition, vitamin A deficiency, folate deficiency, and infection. In tropical regions, parasitic infestation and haemoglobinopathies are also a common cause of anaemia. In the developed world iron deficiency is mainly a single nutritional problem. The conditions previously mentioned might contribute to the development of iron deficiency or they present difficulties in the laboratory diagnosis of iron deficiency.


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