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NEONATAL AND MATERNAL SERUM IRON LEVELS AT BIRTH
Author(s) -
Kessel I.,
Sills D. J.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1968.tb01557.x
Subject(s) - cord blood , full term , obstetrics , medicine , serum iron , pregnancy , immunology , biology , hemoglobin , genetics
S ummary The serum iron levels in mothers and their newborn full‐term infants at the time of birth has been measured. There is no correlation between the maternal and neonatal levels, and the high cord blood serum levels bear no relation to sex or birthweight.