Anaemia in elderly patients

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 501-504

  McCormick, Lesley ^a   Stott, David J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Anaemia; Anaemia of chronic disease; Folic acid; Iron deficiency; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALABSORPTION; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MYELODYSPLASIA; MYELOMA; REVIEW; SCHILLING TEST; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA;

EID: 35748945416     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-5-501     Document Type: Review

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