Patients with iron deficiency anemia have an increased prevalence of gallstones

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Pamuk, Güsüm Emel ^a,b   Ümit, Hasan ^a   Harmandar, Ferda ^a   Yeşil, Nesibe ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gallbladder motility; Gallstones; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; GALLSTONE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049085827     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0557-x     Document Type: Article

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