Burden of iron deficiency anemia in obstetrics

Angelos Daniilidis, Dimitrios Balaouras, Dimitrios Chitzios, Nikolaos Vrachnis, Christiana Zafeirati, Efstratios Asimakopoulos

Worldwide, attention over iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in pregnancy has been recently shifted towards supplementation during pregnancy and ensuring that women, especially adolescents have adequate iron stores prior to conception. Many researchers claim that adolescent or adult women still need supplements during pregnancy in order to avoid IDA, even if iron stores …

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