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Obstetrics

Researchers' findings advance obstetrics research

Study 1: Ferrous iron supplementation of 40 mg/day prevented iron deficiency in 90% of pregnant women and iron deficiency anemia in 95% participating in a Danish study.

University of Copenhagen researchers conducted "a randomized, double-blind intention-to-treat study comprising 427 healthy pregnant women allocated into four groups taking ferrous iron (as fumarate) in doses of 20 mg (n=105), 40 mg (n=108), 60 mg (n=106), and 80 mg (n=108) from 18 weeks of gestation."

They defined iron deficiency "as serum ferritin <13 mcg/l and iron deficiency...

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