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High prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in infants attending a well-baby clinic in northwestern Saudi Arabia

Zakaria M. Al Hawsawi, Sami A. Al-Rehali, Amani M. Mahros, Ali M. Al-Sisi, Khalid D. Al-Harbi and Ahmed M. Yousef
Saudi Medical Journal September 2015, 36 (9) 1067-1070; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.9.11844
Zakaria M. Al Hawsawi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al Hawsawi), Madinah Maternity & Children’s Hospital, the Madinah Primary Health Care Department (Al-Rehali, Mahros), the Primary Health Care Department (Al-Harbi), Madinah Health Region, the Charitable Health Care Society (Yousef), Madinah Al-Munawwara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MD
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Sami A. Al-Rehali
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al Hawsawi), Madinah Maternity & Children’s Hospital, the Madinah Primary Health Care Department (Al-Rehali, Mahros), the Primary Health Care Department (Al-Harbi), Madinah Health Region, the Charitable Health Care Society (Yousef), Madinah Al-Munawwara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amani M. Mahros
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al Hawsawi), Madinah Maternity & Children’s Hospital, the Madinah Primary Health Care Department (Al-Rehali, Mahros), the Primary Health Care Department (Al-Harbi), Madinah Health Region, the Charitable Health Care Society (Yousef), Madinah Al-Munawwara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ali M. Al-Sisi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al Hawsawi), Madinah Maternity & Children’s Hospital, the Madinah Primary Health Care Department (Al-Rehali, Mahros), the Primary Health Care Department (Al-Harbi), Madinah Health Region, the Charitable Health Care Society (Yousef), Madinah Al-Munawwara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid D. Al-Harbi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al Hawsawi), Madinah Maternity & Children’s Hospital, the Madinah Primary Health Care Department (Al-Rehali, Mahros), the Primary Health Care Department (Al-Harbi), Madinah Health Region, the Charitable Health Care Society (Yousef), Madinah Al-Munawwara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed M. Yousef
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al Hawsawi), Madinah Maternity & Children’s Hospital, the Madinah Primary Health Care Department (Al-Rehali, Mahros), the Primary Health Care Department (Al-Harbi), Madinah Health Region, the Charitable Health Care Society (Yousef), Madinah Al-Munawwara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 36 no. 9 1067-1070
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.9.11844
PubMed 
26318463

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 5, 2015
  • Accepted July 8, 2015
  • Published online September 1, 2015.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Zakaria M. Al Hawsawi, MBBS, MD⇑,
  2. Sami A. Al-Rehali, MBBS, SBFM,
  3. Amani M. Mahros, MBBS, SBFM,
  4. Ali M. Al-Sisi, MBBS, MD,
  5. Khalid D. Al-Harbi, MBBS, SBFM and
  6. Ahmed M. Yousef, MBBS, DCH
  1. From the Department of Pediatrics (Al Hawsawi), Madinah Maternity & Children’s Hospital, the Madinah Primary Health Care Department (Al-Rehali, Mahros), the Primary Health Care Department (Al-Harbi), Madinah Health Region, the Charitable Health Care Society (Yousef), Madinah Al-Munawwara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Zakaria M. Al Hawsawi, Consultant Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist, Department of Pediatrics, Madinah Maternity & Children’s Hospital, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: zhawsawi{at}hayoo.com
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Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2015, 36 (9) 1067-1070; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.9.11844
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