Prevalence of iron deficiency in a South African adolescent inpatient psychiatric population: Rates, risk factors and recommendations

BACKGROUND: Severe iron deficiency is associated with anaemia, but iron deficiency with normal haemoglobin (Hb) may also affect morbidity and quality of life and contribute to psychiatric illness onset and severity. Psychiatric presentations in adolescence are often indicative of serious long-term m...

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Autores principales: du Plessis, Theonie, Moxley, Karis, Lachman, Anusha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6681468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31404366
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v25i0.1347

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