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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jogeet Singh Sekhon, M.D. [2]

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Overview

Screening is recommended in pregnant women and new borns.

Screening

  • Screening is recommended in pregnant women and new borns[1][2].
  • CBC is the initial test.
  • If microcytic hypochromic anemia is seen, then iron studies are done.

References

  1. Lopez A, Cacoub P, Macdougall IC, Peyrin-Biroulet L (2016). "Iron deficiency anaemia". Lancet. 387 (10021): 907–16. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60865-0. PMID 26314490.
  2. Cook JD, Skikne BS (1989). "Iron deficiency: definition and diagnosis". J Intern Med. 226 (5): 349–55. PMID 2681511.

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