Later Development, Develop. Physiol., Dr. D. Penney

Table 3.16 - Postnatal Anemia.

• Erythropoiesis depressed due to excessive O₂ carrying capacity at birth, thus later falls

• Blood volume expands rapidly with increasing body weight

• Milk contains little iron

• May stimulate ventricular hyperplasia postnatally by slight volume overload

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