RESUMO
To determine the frequency of iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia trait among children attending the Pediatric Department at Prince Rashed Bin Al-Hassan Military Hospital in the North of Jordan. This hospital based study was conducted in the year 2008 on 1,012 children aged 6 months to 14 years who attended the Pediatric Department at Prince Rashed Bin Al-Hassan Military Hospital in North of Jordan using fully automated blood count of the mean corpuscular volume, serum ferritin level and high performance liquid chromography, or genotyping. None of the subjects included in the study had been on any hematinic in the previous six months, had infection in the past one month or had a chronic disease. The diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia was defined as mean corpuscular volume
RESUMO
To determine the frequency of iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia trait among children attending the Pediatric Department at Prince Rashed Bin Al-Hassan Military Hospital in the North of Jordan. This hospital based study was conducted in the year 2008 on 1,012 children aged 6 months to 14 years who attended the Pediatric Department at Prince Rashed Bin Al-Hassan Military Hospital in North of Jordan using fully automated blood cell counter for of the mean corpuscular volume, serum ferritin level and high performance liquid chromography, or genotyping. None of the subjects included in the study had been on any hematinic in the previous six months, had infection in the past one month or had a chronic disease. The diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia was defined as mean corpuscular volume