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Does Helicobacter pylori infection relate to iron deficiency anaemia in prepubescent children under 12 years of age?
Article first published online: 2 JAN 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb00633.x
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Choi, J. (2003), Does Helicobacter pylori infection relate to iron deficiency anaemia in prepubescent children under 12 years of age?. Acta Paediatrica, 92: 970–972. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb00633.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 2 JAN 2007
- Article first published online: 2 JAN 2007
- Received Sept. 13, 2002; revisions received Jan. 23, 2003; accepted May 12, 2003
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Keywords:
- Association;
- Helicobacter pylori;
- iron deficiency;
- prepubescent children
Aim: To investigate the association between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA). Methods: Haemoglobin levels, iron parameters and serum IgG antibodies to H. pylori were measured in 693 children aged 9 to 12 y. Results: No significant differences in the seroprevalence of H. pylori infection and antibody titres to H. pylori were found between the IDA group and the non-anaemic controls.
Conclusion: H. pylori infection does not seem to contribute to iron deficiency in prepubescent children.