Long-term follow-up of patients with iron deficiency anaemia after a negative gastrointestinal evaluation

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 872-876

  McLoughlin, Mark T ^a   Tham, Tony C K ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal malignancy; Iron deficiency anaemia

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67651042963     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328321836c     Document Type: Article

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