TY - JOUR AU - Jin, Hong-Xing AU - Wang, Rong-Shan AU - Chen, Shu-Jun AU - Wang, Ai-Ping AU - Liu, Xi-Yong PY - 2015 DA - 2015/03/14 TI - Early and late Iron supplementation for low birth weight infants: a meta-analysis JO - Italian Journal of Pediatrics SP - 16 VL - 41 IS - 1 AB - Iron deficiency in infancy is associated with a range of clinical and developmentally important issues. Currently, it is unclear what is the optimal timing to administer prophylactic enteral iron supplementation in preterm and very low birth weight infants. The objective of this meta-analysis was to evaluate early compared with late iron supplementation in low birth weight infants. SN - 1824-7288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-015-0121-y DO - 10.1186/s13052-015-0121-y ID - Jin2015 ER -