Use of whole gut perfusion to investigate gastrointestinal blood loss in patients with iron deficiency anaemia

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 120-124

  Ferguson, A ^a,b   Brydon, W G ^a   Brian, H ^a   Williams, A ^a   Mackie, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer detection; Dietary iron deficiency; Iron malabsorption; Occult gastrointestinal bleeding; Whole gut perfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LAVAGE; INTESTINE PERFUSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030030705     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.1.120     Document Type: Article

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