Affiliation:
1. Professor and Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology), School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract
The present study clearly indicates the presence of iron deficiency anemia in Turkish children with long standing pica for soil and clay. Most of the patients described had marked growth retardation and a lag in bone age. As explanation, the cations in soil and clay seem to enter into an ion exchange retention reaction with dietary iron, zinc and perhaps other trace metals, resulting in the typical complex of deficiency symptoms.
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
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