title: Nutritional anemias.
abstract: The role of the metals, iron and copper, and the vitamins E, folic acid, and B12 in the genesis of nutritional anemias in infancy have been reviewed. All are preventable. The precise requirements for each of these trace elements and vitamins in the small premature infant remain to be defined. The nonhematologic consequences of these nutritional deficiencies require further study. Anemia may prove to be the least important manifestation of the deficiency states.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000209:etiology; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003300:Copper / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011247:Pregnancy; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000378:metabolism; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D014804:Vitamin B Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000378:metabolism; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D014810:Vitamin E; D003300:Copper; D005492:Folic Acid; D007501:Iron; D014805:Vitamin B 12