Severe iron deficiency anaemia and stroke.
Neurological complications of severe anaemia in childhood are rare. We report a case of severe iron deficiency in a child of 23 months, presenting as an acute hemiparesis.
Swann
I L
IL
Department of Paediatrics, Burnley General Hospital, Burnley, UK.
Kendra
J R
JR
D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*