Diagnosis and management of iron deficiency anaemia: A clinical update

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 525-532

  Pasricha, Sant Rayn S ^a,b   Flecknoe Brown, Stephen C ^c,d   Allen, Katrina J ^e,f   Gibson, Peter R ^g,h   McMahon, Lawrence P ^g,i   Olynyk, John K ^j,k,l,m   Roger, Simon D ⁿ   Savoia, Helen F ^o   Tampi, Ramdas ^p   Thomson, Amanda R ^b,q   Wood, Erica M ^a,b,g   Robinson, Kathryn L ^b,r  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^c Broken Hill Health Service   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ EASTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^j FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^l CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁿ GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^p Clinipath Pathology   (Australia)

^q ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^r QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; FERRO F; FERROGRAD C; FERROSIG; FERROUS SULFATE; FERROUS SULFATE PLUS FOLIC ACID; FERRUM H; FGF; IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRALGIA; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CELIAC DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG FORMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; GASTROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; REVIEW;

EID: 78149354075     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04038.x     Document Type: Review

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