The prevention of anaemia of prematurity.

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W D ELLIOTT

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It was most unfortunate that, because of the minimal risk of producing a tumour at the site of injection, the use of intramuscular iron-dextran complex, used for some time as an effective prophylactic against late anaemia of prematurity, had to be discontinued. A single injection had a long term effect and avoided the need for daily oral iron. Thus it became necessary to determine if oral treatment could substitute adequately and the conclusions of the work reported in this paper were:

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