The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

A Study on Paediatric Nephritic Anaemia


Affiliations

  • Mother Teresa Women's University, Department of Biotechnology, Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, India
  • University of Michigan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Michigan, United States
  • Annamalai University, Department of Paediatrics, Raja Muthaiah Medical College Hospital, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract

Anaemia affects more than 3.5 billion people in developing world in spite of several intervention programmes in which iron tablets are given to children, Anaemia is caused by significant changes in hematological parameters such as Red Blood Cell (RBC) count, haemoglobin, hematocrit, White Blood Cell (WBC) count and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) which could be used as biomarkers in assessing the severity of several diseases including kidney diseases.

Subject Discipline

Health Care and Hospital Management

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