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Nutritional anemia

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Overview

Nutritional anemia refers to types of anemia that can be directly attributed to nutritional disorders.

Examples include Iron deficiency anaemia and pernicious anemia.

It is often discussed in a pediatric context.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. STURGEON P (1952). “Treatment of nutritional anemia in infants”. Calif Med. 76 (5): 346–9. PMC 1521268. PMID 14935884. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Sinha N, Deshmukh PR, Garg BS (2008). “Epidemiological correlates of nutritional anemia among children (6-35 months) in rural Wardha, Central India”. Indian J Med Sci. 62 (2): 45–54. PMID 18319531. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. Vieira AC, Diniz AS, Cabral PC; et al. (2007). “Nutritional assessment of iron status and anemia in children under 5 years old at public daycare centers”. J Pediatr (Rio J). 83 (4): 370–6. doi:doi:10.2223/JPED.1680 Check |doi= value (help). PMID 17676239.
  4. West CE (1996). “Strategies to control nutritional anemia”. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 64 (5): 789–90. PMID 8901803. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)


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