The effect of universal maternal antenatal iron supplementation on neurodevelopment in offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC Pediatrics May 09, 2018
Jayasinghe C, et al. - Using electronic databases, authors examined whether routine maternal antenatal iron supplementation conferred later neurodevelopmental benefit to offspring. Finding illustrated minimal effect of antenatal iron supplementation on the neurodevelopment of offspring. It was deduced that the benefit of routine antenatal iron supplementation on neurodevelopment in offspring was not statistically significant. A certain benefit could not be excluded in areas with a high prevalence of maternal anaemia.
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