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2019 Month : March Volume : 8 Issue : 12 Page : 835-838

PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF ASSESSMENT OF BODY IRON STORES IN EXCLUSIVELY BREAST-FED INFANTS DURING FIRST SIX MONTHS OF LIFE.

Amrita Chauhan1, Nirbhay Mehta2

13rd Year Resident, Department of Paediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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