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Relation between the response to iron supplementation and sickle cell hemoglobin phenotype in preschool children in western Kenya.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Mar 2004
Terlouw Dianne J, Desai Meghna R, Wannemuehler Kathleen A, Kariuki Simon K, Pfeiffer Christine M, Kager Piet A, Shi Ya Ping, Ter Kuile Feiko O
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BACKGROUND: Iron supplementation has been associated with greater susceptibility to malaria and lower hematologic responses in pregnant Gambian women with sickle cell trait (HbAS) than in similar women with the normal (HbAA) phenotype. It is not known whether a similar interaction exists in child...
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