[A comparative study of the effectiveness of iron preparations in the treatment of iron deficiency anemias in pregnant women]. / Sravnitel'naia otsenka éffektivnosti preparatov zheleza pri lechenii zhelezodefitsitnoi anemii u beremennykh.

Efficacies of ferroplex, conferon, and feramide in the treatment of pregnant patients with iron-deficiency anemia were compared. Ferroplex proved to be the most effective. Therapy with this drug brought about the best correction of iron metabolism parameters. Feramide was the least effective agent. The efficacy of iron preparations depends on the ionic form of this metal and the combination of iron with the agents conducive to its better absorption in the gastrointestinal tract.

[Various indicators of iron metabolism during lactation]. / Nekotorye pokazateli obmena zheleza pri laktatsii.

Milk levels of iron, the iron-binding protein lactoferrin, percentage of iron in this protein have been estimated in 288 milk samples of normal lactating women. Milk iron concentrations varied within the first day and declined with time of lactation. Similar patterns of change were characteristic for lactoferrin which was highest in milk during the 1st month of lactation but steadily fell by the end of lactation. Iron percentage in lactoferrin remained low during one year of lactation, suggesting a bacteriostatic function of milk lactoferrin.

[Indices of iron metabolism in newborn infants and children in the 1st year of life]. / Pokazateli obmena zheleza u novorozhdennykh i detei pervogo goda zhizni.

Biochemical parameters of iron metabolism have been examined in 36 newborns born to mothers with normal iron metabolism and in 58 healthy children aged under one year. Normal values of serum iron, serum transferrin and ferritin, and of transferrin saturation with iron in newborns and infants aged under one are presented.