Iron deficiency anaemia - Useful diagnostic tool for right sided colon cancers?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 588-590

  Rai, Sajal ^a,b   Hemingway, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Colorectal cancer; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 27744477609     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2005.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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