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ITS EFFECT ON THE YOUNG

HOWARD L. ALT, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1938;56(5):975-984.

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Little information is available concerning the effect of iron deficiency during pregnancy on the iron content and blood hemoglobin content of the young. Fetzer,¹ in 1913, determined the iron content of rabbits born to females receiving high and low iron diets. His results, although not entirely conclusive, showed a correlation between the female's intake of iron and the iron content of the young. In rats it has been repeatedly demonstrated that animals of the second generation fed a diet deficient in iron show anemia during the early weeks of life.² A few determinations of the hemoglobin level at birth have revealed normal values. Similar observations have been reported for mice³ and for pigs.⁴ These studies do not present conclusive evidence in favor of congenital deficiency of iron, because the young received iron-deficient diets during a period of active growth. Parsons and others⁵ have recently reported . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Medicine and the Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Medical School.

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