Significance of endoscopy in asymptomatic premenopausal women with iron deficiency anemia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2372-2376

  Park, Dong Il ^a   Ryu, Seung Ho ^a   Oh, Suk Joong ^a   Yoo, Tae Woo ^a   Kim, Hong Ju ^a   Cho, Yong Kyun ^a   Sung, In Kyung ^a   Sohn, Chong Il ^b   Jeon, Woo Kyu ^a   Kim, Byung Ik ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anemia; Colonoscopy; Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Iron deficiency; Premenopause

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846998969     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-9069-x     Document Type: Article

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