Prevalence and predictive factors for gastrointestinal pathology in young men evaluated for iron deficiency anemia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1299-1305

  Carter, Dan ^a,b   Levi, Gad ^b   Tzur, Dorit ^b   Novis, Ben ^a   Avidan, Benjamin ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Medical Corps   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anemia; Endoscopy; Helicobacter pylori; IBD; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BLOOD DONOR; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONOSCOPY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMORRHOID; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEGETARIAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878682262     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2496-6     Document Type: Article

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