This study investigated the safety and efficacy of IV iron maltoside 1000 in treating iron-deficiency anemia among children with IBD and found a significant increase in hemoglobin levels by 6 weeks, maintained for up to a year, with minimal side effects reported.
31 citations
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September 2010 in “Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care” This review discusses the lack of specific micronutrient supplementation recommendations for hair loss in patients on long-term parenteral nutrition and reports no new clinical results.
December 2017 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This article discusses a case of a woman with atopic dermatitis and alopecia universalis who did not respond to multiple treatments and now uses a wig and tattooed eyebrows.
December 2025 in “PubMed” In this study, researchers identified a significant prevalence of alopecia among adolescents, especially females, and they associated iron deficiency as a key factor, highlighting the importance of nutritional monitoring in this group.
December 2025 in “PubMed” In this study, researchers found that adolescent alopecia is significantly prevalent, especially among females, and is associated with iron deficiency, highlighting the need for nutritional monitoring in this group.
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November 1997 in “Nutrition” This study found that while micronutrient abnormalities are common among patients receiving home parenteral nutrition, serious consequences from these abnormalities are rare.
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October 1993 in “PEDIATRICS” This article recounts a series of "hair burning syncope" cases in black girls experiencing seizures during hair grooming with hot irons, without presenting new research findings.
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January 1981 in “International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition” This article reviews the roles of zinc and copper in biological processes, especially their implications for metabolism and deficiency-related disorders, but it does not present new clinical results.
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October 2009 in “Gastroenterology” This review discusses zinc's role as an essential trace element in human nutrition, particularly its importance in total parenteral nutrition, and reports no new clinical results.
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April 2006 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This review discusses the complexities of diagnosing and treating iron deficiency related to nutritional anemia and hair loss, concluding that routine screening and supplementation for hair loss are not yet supported by sufficient evidence.
January 2018 in “International journal of food and nutrition research” Intermittent iron and nutritional supplements can help reduce hair loss.
January 2025 in “Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina Pannonica et Adriatica” This study found a high prevalence of alopecia in adolescents from northern Sudan, especially among females, and identified iron deficiency as significantly associated with the condition.
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October 2010 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This review examines the debated link between iron deficiency and nonscarring scalp alopecia in women, offering no new clinical results but emphasizing the need for further research and well-designed trials.
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June 2011 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study found that iron deficiency was common in both women with hair loss and control subjects, with no higher incidence in the hair loss group.
May 2022 in “International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology” In this study, researchers explored the causes and treatment strategies for diffuse telogen effluvium, focusing on 60 patients with the condition linked to iron deficiency anemia, comparing the effectiveness of ferrous salts alone versus combined with Quilib lotion.
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February 2005 in “Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer/Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer” This study found that hair content of iron and zinc does not play a role in chemotherapy-induced alopecia in children with cancer.
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August 2015 in “PLoS ONE” This study found that deferiprone significantly reduced dermal fibrosis and skin thickness in mice with chronic kidney disease treated with Omniscan, suggesting iron's role in gadolinium chelate toxicity and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
January 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This abstract highlights that iron deficiency anemia, affecting over half of global anemia cases, poses significant challenges to health, especially in young children and women, with treatment focusing on iron supplementation and prevention strategies.
January 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This article reviews the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of iron deficiency anemia, emphasizing its impact on global health but does not report new findings.
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February 1974 in “The BMJ” The document concludes that scalp disorders can be treated with hair washing, specific shampoos, medications, and sometimes surgery or hair transplants, but hereditary baldness is untreatable.
March 2026 in “International Journal of Clinical Dermatology” This study found that all 26 patients with specific skin lesions, primarily young females, were confirmed to have iron deficiency anemia after ruling out other possible causes such as zinc deficiency and pellagra, highlighting the importance of considering anemia as a diagnosis in such cases.
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May 1976 in “JAMA” This case report associates severe zinc deficiency with long-term total parenteral nutrition, suggesting the need for trace element supplementation in such nutritional management.
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May 2014 in “The American Surgeon” In this study, hair loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was associated with zinc and iron levels, even within normal ranges, and a combined variable of zinc and iron predicted susceptibility to hair loss.
October 2017 in “The American journal of gastroenterology” This case series highlights severe micronutrient deficiencies and complications in three patients who did not adhere to follow-up care after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, emphasizing the importance of regular nutritional monitoring.
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January 2010 in “Blood” This study suggests that antihepcidin antibodies may effectively treat inflammatory anemia by manipulating iron metabolism, based on experiments conducted in mouse models and hHepc knock-in mice.
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October 2019 in “British journal of haematology” These guidelines provide updated recommendations for healthcare professionals on preventing, diagnosing, and treating iron deficiency in pregnant and postpartum women in the UK, acknowledging the lack of high-quality evidence for many current practices.
This review highlights that iron deficiency is a significant yet often overlooked contributor to the development of immune-mediated inflammatory skin diseases, suggesting that iron dysregulation may drive inflammation and metabolic imbalances in conditions like psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.
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December 2018 in “Dermatology and Therapy” This review discusses the potential role of vitamins and minerals in managing non-scarring alopecia but reports no clinical results; the authors advocate for further controlled trials to explore these relationships.
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January 2017 in “Dermatology practical & conceptual” This article addresses the need to screen for nutrient deficiencies in patients with hair loss but reports no new findings, noting that supplementation without deficiency may not be beneficial and could pose risks.
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June 2010 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This review discusses how changes in hair and skin may indicate underlying vitamin deficiencies and emphasizes the need to identify populations at risk for these deficiencies; it reports no new results.