Evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in premenopausal women with iron deficiency anemia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-286

  Bini, Edmund J ^a,b   Micale, Philip L ^a   Weinshel, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; OCCULT BLOOD; PEPTIC ULCER; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COLONIC DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT SELECTION; PEPTIC ULCER; PREMENOPAUSE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032192462     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00260-5     Document Type: Article

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