Iron status of children with sickle cell disease.
作者信息
Stettler N, Zemel B S, Kawchak D A, Ohene-Frempong K, Stallings V A
机构信息
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA.
出版信息
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2001 Jan-Feb;25(1):36-8. doi: 10.1177/014860710102500136.
BACKGROUND
Dietary iron requirements are unclear in children with SS-type sickle cell disease.
METHODS
Iron status was assessed in 104 nontransfused African American children (aged 0.5 to 17.6 years) with sickle cell disease who receive no iron supplement. Dietary iron intake was not measured at the time of this study.
RESULTS
Serum ferritin was normal or high in all children. Other hematologic and biochemical indicators of iron deficiency were in the normal range in most children.
CONCLUSIONS
Unlike previous studies, this sample of children and adolescents did not show signs of iron deficiency.
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