American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 21, 709-714, Copyright © 1968 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

A Six-Year Follow-Up of Iranian Patients with Dwarfism, Hypogonadism, and Iron-Deficiency Anemia

¹ Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pahlavi University School of Medicine, Shiraz, Iran
² Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pahlavi University School of Medicine
³ Director and Principal Investigator, Pahlavi Nutrition Research Project, Shiraz; Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Education, Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington D. C.; and Professor of International Health, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C.

1) Nine of 13 patients with the syndrome of dwarfism, hypogonadism, iron-deficiency anemia, geophagia, and hepatosplenomegaly studied in Iran in 1959-1960 were traced in 1966.

2) In those who were able to consume a good diet the abnormalities had disappeared or had become much ameliorated. In those who were unable to maintain an adequate diet the syndrome continued unabated.

3) These findings indicate that the syndrome is of nutritional origin and is reversible.