Upper and lower gastrointestinal causes of iron deficiency anemia in elderly compared with adult outpatients

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-404

  Vannella, L ^a   Spiriti, M A Aloe ^a   Di Giulio, E ^a   Lahner, E ^a   Corleto, V D ^b   Monarca, B ^a   Delle Fave, G ^a   Annibale, B ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Anemia, iron deficiency; Gastritis, atrophic; Hemorrhage; Hernia, hiatal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BLOATING; CELIAC DISEASE; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH CANCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 79952265837     PISSN: 00264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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