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 o...

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Autores principales: Wegmüller, Rita, Bah, Amat, Kendall, Lindsay, Goheen, Morgan M., Mulwa, Sarah, Cerami, Carla, Moretti, Diego, Prentice, Andrew M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27585745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0689-4

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