Classification of anemia for gastroenterologists

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 4627-4637

  Chulilla, Jose Antonio Moreno ^a   Colás, Maria Soledad Romero ^a   Martín, Martín Gutiérrez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anemia; Deficiency diseases; Iron; Macrocytic anemia; Microcytic anemia; Normocytic anemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSERYTHROPOIESIS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GENITAL BLEEDING; HUMAN; HYPO REGENERATIVE ANEMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MICROCYTOSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REGENERATIVE ANEMIA; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; METABOLISM; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 70349784679     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.4627     Document Type: Review

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