Serum ferritin estimation in the assessment of iron stores in severe iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy and the response to treatment

Segall, M.L.; Dommisse, J.; Du Toit, E.D.; Davey, D.A.; Heese, H.D.

South African Medical Journal 55(8): 287-289

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574
PMID: 441879
Document Number: 153333
For 55 pregnant women with severe iron-deficiency anaemia, Fe stores, estimated from serum ferritin value, were deficient. For the 18 women studied after treatment, replenishment of Fe stores was significantly greater after treatment with Fe given intravenously as Imferon than with Fe given by mouth as ferrous sulphate.

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