Diagnosis and treatment of unexplained anemia with iron deficiency without overt bleeding

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Dahlerup, Jens Frederik ^a   Eivindson, Martin ^b   Jacobsen, Bent Ascanius ^b   Jensen, Nanna Martin ^b   Jørgensen, Søren Peter ^b   Laursen, Stig Borbjerg ^b   Rasmussen, Morten ^b   Nathan, Torben ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANGIODYSPLASIA; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELIAC DISEASE; COLON CANCER; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; MALABSORPTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STOMACH BYPASS;

EID: 84926019314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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