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4 Effect of iron-deficiency anaemia on cognitive skills in infancy and childhood

Baillière's Clinical Haematology, ISSN: 0950-3536, Vol: 7, Issue: 4, Page: 815-827
1994
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Animal experimentation has shown that early iron deficiency irreversibly affects brain iron content and distribution, resulting in neutransmitter and behavioural alterations. Even though extrapolation of animal data is often misleading, iron-deficiency anaemia has been consistently shown to be associated with psychomotor delays in infancy. The areas most involved are language and body balance. In these infants iron therapy, in most cases was not sufficient to reverse psychological effects even after complete correction of haematological measures.

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