A prospective study of the gastroenterological causes of iron deficiency anaemia in a General Hospital

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 793-799

  Bampton, P A ^a   Holloway, R H ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

colonoscopy; endoscopy; iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0030461809     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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