Is achlorhydria a cause of iron deficiency anemia?1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-19

  Betesh, Andrea L ^a   Santa Ana, Carol A ^a   Cole, Jason A ^a   Fordtran, John S ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achlorhydria; Chronic atrophic gastritis; Iron deficiency anemia; Iron malabsorption; Pernicious anemia

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ACHLORHYDRIA; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON THERAPY; MALABSORPTION; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; WESTERN DIET; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DUODENUM; METABOLISM; PHARMACOKINETICS;

ACHLORHYDRIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DUODENUM; GASTRITIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY;

EID: 84937418603     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.097394     Document Type: Review

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