Pre-conception and early pregnancy iron deficiency harms brain

Monday, March 28, 2011 - 09:50 in Health & Medicine

A mother's iron deficiency early in pregnancy may have a profound and long-lasting effect on the brain development of the child, even if the lack of iron is not enough to cause severe anaemia, according to a University of Rochester Medical Centre study published in the scientific journal PLoS One...

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