Evans D I
Child Care Health Dev. 1985 May-Jun;11(3):105-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1985.tb00455.x.
Studies in many parts of the world have shown that children with iron deficiency and anaemia show minor defects of cerebral function such as poor attentiveness, poor coordination and slightly impaired scores on developmental assessment. The patients improve rapidly after treatment with iron--too quickly for their anaemia to have been corrected. Such changes have not been detected in children with anaemia from other causes, nor in patients with iron deficiency too slight to cause anaemia. The possibility that these changes are due in some way to some other aspect of malnutrition has not been excluded. Fortunately they are minimal, easily reversible and potentially preventable.
世界上许多地区的研究表明，缺铁和贫血的儿童存在轻微的脑功能缺陷，如注意力不集中、协调性差以及发育评估得分略有受损。用铁剂治疗后，这些患者恢复迅速——快到贫血尚未得到纠正。在由其他原因导致贫血的儿童中，以及在缺铁程度轻微以至于未导致贫血的患者中，均未检测到此类变化。尚未排除这些变化在某种程度上是由营养不良的其他方面所致的可能性。幸运的是，这些变化很轻微，易于逆转且有可能预防。
