Helicobacter pylori infection and the severity of gastritis are not associated with iron deficiency in a group of Brazilian patients

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1809-1812

  Alvarenga, Eliana C ^a   Montes, Ciro G ^a   Guerrazzi, Fábio ^a   Zeitune, José M ^a   Grotto, Helena Z W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; erythropoiesis; Helicobacter pylori; iron deficiency anemia; iron metabolism; reticulocyte hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; GASTRIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTRIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MALE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 78951488386     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.356     Document Type: Article

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