Iron deficiency in a patient with extreme erythrocytosis due to cyanotic congenital heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Braun, Siegmund L ^a   Eicken, Andreas ^a   Kaemmerer, Harald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanotic congenital heart disease; Erythrocytosis; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CYANOSIS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA;

EID: 33846979459     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.222     Document Type: Article

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