Upper and lower gastrointestinal evaluation of elderly inpatients who are iron deficient

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-29

  Joosten, Etienne ^a   Ghesquiere, Bart ^a   Linthoudt, Hilde ^a   Krekelberghs, Francis ^a   Dejaeger, Eddy ^a   Boonen, Steven ^a   Flamaing, Johan ^a   Pelemans, Walter ^a   Hiele, Martin ^a   Gevers, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033166319     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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