Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To estimate the efficacy of iron supplementation in anemic pregnant women on the basis of occurrence of pregnancy complications and birth outcomes. METHODS: Comparison of the occurrence of medically recorded pregnancy complications and birth outcomes in pregnant women affected with medically recorded iron deficiency anemia and iron supplementation who had malformed fetuses/newborns (cases) and who delivered healthy babies (controls) in the population-based Hungarian Case-Control Surveillance System of Congenital Abnormalities. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Ferenc Bánhidy, Nándor Ács, Erzsébet H Puhó, Andrew E Czeizel |
Journal | Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
(Nutrition)
Vol. 27
Issue 1
Pg. 65-72
(Jan 2011)
ISSN: 1873-1244 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 20381313
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
(complications, drug therapy, epidemiology)
- Case-Control Studies
- Congenital Abnormalities
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Dietary Supplements
- Female
- Folic Acid
(pharmacology)
- Gestational Age
- Hemorrhoids
(etiology)
- Humans
- Hypotension
(etiology)
- Infant
- Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Infant, Newborn
- Iron, Dietary
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
(drug therapy, epidemiology)
- Pregnancy Outcome
(epidemiology)
- Premature Birth
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Prevalence
- Young Adult
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