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Does oral iron supplementation have an erythropoietic effect?
Author(s) -
TAYLOR DAVID J.,
MALLEN CAROL,
LIND TOM
Publication year - 1982
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.1471-0528.1982.tb04655.x
Subject(s) - erythropoiesis , iron supplementation , ferritin , serum ferritin , medicine , endocrinology , serum iron , iron status , iron deficiency , hemoglobin , physiology , anemia
Summary. Haematological indices and serum ferritin were measured for 6 months in 20 healthy non‐pregnant women, nine of whom took oral iron supplements. Whereas the mean serum ferritin concentration increased from 16.2 μg/1 to 41.7 μg/1 during oral iron supplementation, the mean haemoglobin concentration remained unchanged at 13.5g/dl. No stimulatory action of iron on erythropoiesis could be demonstrated.