A prospective evaluation of adult men with iron-deficiency anemia in Korea

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1371-1375

  Yun, Gak Won ^a   Yang, Young Joon ^b   Song, Ik Chan ^a   Park, Keon Uk ^c   Baek, Seung Woo ^a   Yun, Hwan Jung ^a   Kim, Samyong ^a   Jo, Deog Yeon ^a   Lee, Hyo Jin ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Daejeon St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult men; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960034739     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5289     Document Type: Article

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