Absorption of radioactive iron by anaemic infants.
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The oral administration of iron to anaemic infants often fails to restore the haemoglobin level as rapidly as it would in an adult. The reason for this failure could be either failure of absorption or failure to utilize the iron which had been absorbed, or deposition of all the iron in the tissue stores without any being incorporated in the haemoglobin. It was therefore decided to study the absorption and utilization of iron in anaemic infants and children using tracer quantities of the isotope 59Fe administered orally.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 35 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1960