Iron Deficiency in Young Children and Methods of its Correction

Abstract

Iron deficiency still presents an urgent problem in pediatrics. The paper presents both foreign and domestic data on prevalence of iron deficiency anemia and latent iron deficiency and methods of laboratory diagnostics of these states. Authors also discuss clinical presentations, long-term effects and modern approaches to treatment of iron deficiency states in children.

Keywords

• железодефицитные состояния
• железодефицитная анемия
• латентный дефицит железа
• дети раннего возраста
• железа (iii) гидроксид полимальтозный комплекс