Article
The response to iron supplementation of pregnant women with the haemoglobin genotype AA or AS.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
Menendez C, Todd J, Alonso P L, Francis N, Lulat S, Ceesay S, Ascaso C, Smith T, M'Boge B, Greenwood B M
Abstract excerpt
The influence of haemoglobin genotype on the response to iron supplementation was studied in a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 497 multigravid pregnant women from a rural area of The Gambia. Women were randomly allocated to receive either oral iron (60mg elemental iro...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Birth Weight
- Female
- Gambia
- Genotype
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Humans
- Iron
- Malaria
- Middle Aged
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
- Sickle Cell Trait