Iron deficiency anaemia in older people: Investigation, management and treatment

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-91

  Mukhopadhyay, Diptarup ^a   Mohanaruban, Kanthaya ^a  

^a Withybush General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS GLUCONATE; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN; IRON SORBITEX; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MYALGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036228602     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.2.87     Document Type: Article

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