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Repleting Hemoglobin in Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children through Liquid Milk Fortification with Bioavailable Iron Amino Acid Chelate

Cristina Iost, MD, José J. Name, MD, Robert B. Jeppsen, PhD and H. DeWayne Ashmead, PhD, FACN

São Paulo, Brazil and Albion Laboratories, Inc., Clearfield, Utah



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Fig. 1. Molecular structure of ferrous iron amino acid chelate (Ferrochel). The R-groups highlighted with asterisks constitute the molecular extensions which can change for each of the twenty protein-derived amino acids. In Ferrochel, the R-groups are typically hydrogen atoms.

 


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Fig. 2. Degree of change in hemoglobin monitored at initial, mean 133 days and mean 222 days in the 100 children who initially presented severe iron deficiency anemia (<=9.4 g hemoglobin/dL whole blood).

 


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Fig. 3. Degree of change in hemoglobin monitored at initial, mean 133 days and mean 222 days in the 61 children who initially presented less severe iron deficiency anemia (9.5 to 11.0 g hemoglobin/dL whole blood).

 


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Fig. 4. Degree of change in hemoglobin monitored at initial, mean 133 days and mean 222 days in the 24 children who initially presented normalcy (>=11.1 g hemoglobin/dL whole blood).

 





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