Predictive risk factors and prevalence of malignancy in patients with iron deficiency anemia in Taiwan

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-112

  Ho, Chao Hung ^a,b   Chau, Wing Keung ^a,b   Hsu, Hul Chi ^a,b   Gau, Jyh Pyng ^a,b   You, Jie Yu ^b   Chen, Chih Cheng ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal cancer; Iron deficiency anemia; LDH; Predictive risk factors; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 13244298326     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20260     Document Type: Article

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