A guide to diagnosis of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in digestive diseases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 4638-4643

  Bermejo, Fernando ^a   García López, Santiago ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency anemia; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; METABOLISM;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 70349785753     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.4638     Document Type: Review

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