Iron Deficiency without Anemia: A Common Yet Under-Recognized Diagnosis in Young Women with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 628-631

  Johnson, Stephen ^a   Lang, Abigail ^b   Sturm, Mollie ^c   O'Brien, Sarah H ^a,c  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anemia; Heavy menstrual bleeding; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MICROCYTOSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; OHIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MENORRHAGIA; OHIO; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994079367     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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