Nutritional anemia

Nutritional anemia
Nutritional anemia
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 D50-D53
ICD-9 280-281

Nutritional anemia refers to types of anemia that can be directly attributed to nutritional disorders.

Examples include Iron deficiency anemia and pernicious anemia.

It is often discussed in a pediatric context.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ STURGEON P (May 1952). "Treatment of nutritional anemia in infants". Calif Med 76 (5): 346–9. PMC 1521268. PMID 14935884. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1521268. 
  2. ^ Sinha N, Deshmukh PR, Garg BS (February 2008). "Epidemiological correlates of nutritional anemia among children (6-35 months) in rural Wardha, Central India". Indian J Med Sci 62 (2): 45–54. doi:10.4103/0019-5359.39366. PMID 18319531. http://www.indianjmedsci.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5359;year=2008;volume=62;issue=2;spage=45;epage=54;aulast=Sinha. 
  3. ^ Vieira AC, Diniz AS, Cabral PC, et al. (2007). "Nutritional assessment of iron status and anemia in children under 5 years old at public daycare centers". J Pediatr (Rio J) 83 (4): 370–6. doi:10.2223/JPED.1680. PMID 17676239. 
  4. ^ West CE (November 1996). "Strategies to control nutritional anemia". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 64 (5): 789–90. PMID 8901803. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8901803. 

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