Anaemia of pregnancy in northern India. Nature and therapeutic follow-up.
Investigations on 114 anaemic pregnant women revealed that megaloblastosis occurred in more than half. A therapeutic follow-up approach clearly indicated that vitamin B12-deficiency was fairly common in such patients; the need of iron supplementation in many of them for achieving complete remission emphasized the poor status of iron stores. All patients with normoblastic marrow achieved full remission with iron therapy alone. The deficiency of haematinic factors appears to be largely due to poor nutrition.
D000740:Anemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000749:Anemia, Megaloblastic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000627:therapeutic use
D006454:Hemoglobins; D005492:Folic Acid; D007501:Iron; D014805:Vitamin B 12