Evaluation of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Patients with Iron-Deficiency Anemia
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- 2 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 329 (23) , 1691-1695
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199312023292303
Abstract
Idiopathic iron-deficiency anemia in adults is assumed to be the result of occult chronic blood loss from the gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this study was to determine an effective clinical strategy for managing this common clinical problem.Keywords
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