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Review
. 1994 Apr;52(4):137-40.
doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1994.tb01406.x.

Iron deficiency and infant development

N F Sheard  1
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Review

Iron deficiency and infant development

N F Sheard. Nutr Rev. 1994 Apr.

Abstract

It has been shown that iron-deficient anemic infants are not as successful in tests of mental and motor development as their iron-sufficient age-matched counterparts. A recent study has confirmed that iron intervention can reverse developmental delays, while placebo-treated anemic infants showed no such improvement. The etiology of the developmental delay and its effect on later performance remain to be elucidated.

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