Does this elderly patient have iron deficiency anaemia, and what is the underlying cause?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 894, 2000, Pages 195-198

  Jolobe, O M P ^a  

^a TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron deficiency; Underlying causes; Validation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

BLEEDING; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; ILEUM; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JEJUNUM; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0034031139     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.894.195     Document Type: Short Survey

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