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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 iron per day) or placebo. At 36 weeks of pregnancy, women who had received oral iron during pregnancy had higher mean...
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