Maternal diabetes and the role of neonatal reticulocyte hemoglobin content as a biomarker of iron status in the perinatal period

AimsWe aimed to evaluate the effects of maternal diabetes on neonatal iron status, measuring erythrocyte indices including hemoglobin, hematocrit, reticulocytes, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), percent (%) hypochromia, ferritin, and additionally mean reticulocyte hemoglobin content (MCHr) as an early...

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Main Authors: Evgeniya Babacheva, Dimitrios Rallis, Helen Christou, George Mitsiakos, Themistoklis Mikos, Kalliopi Dampala, Christos Tsakalidis, Anna Kioumi, Dimitrios G. Goulis, Vasiliki Soubasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.1011897/full