Abdominal computed tomography in the evaluation of patients with asymptomatic iron deficiency anemia: A prospective study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-195

  Niv, Eva ^a   Elis, Avishay ^a,b   Zissin, Rivka ^a,b   Naftali, Timna ^a   Novis, Ben ^a,b   Lishner, Michael ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; STOMACH CARCINOMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH TUMOR;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3843066493     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.02.041     Document Type: Article

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