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Iron Deficiency and Acute Seizures: Results from Children Living in Rural Kenya and a Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: There are conflicting reports on whether iron deficiency changes susceptibility to seizures. We examined the hypothesis that iron deficiency is associated with an increased risk of acute seizures in children in a malaria endemic area. METHODS: We recruited 133 children, aged 3–156 months...

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Autores principales:	Idro, Richard, Gwer, Samson, Williams, Thomas N., Otieno, Tuda, Uyoga, Sophie, Fegan, Gregory, Kager, Piet A., Maitland, Kathryn, Kirkham, Fenella, Neville, Brian G. R., Newton, Charles R. J.
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2010
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2982825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21103365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014001

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