Abstract

Pediatric anemia is one of the major health burden in India and in major parts of the world, as it results in reduced exercise tolerance, slower rate of growth, impaired development and delayed wound healing [1]. Anemic children are also at a higher risk of death due to complications associated with malnutrition and infection. Prevalence rate of anemia is an essential indicator of the nutritional status within the pediatric population. In the United States, around 18% of the children and in the developing countries about 82% of the children are anemic [2] Because of these factors, the study of the etiopathogenesis of anemia in infancy and childhood has attracted wide attention in the recent years in India [3,4].

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