Iron Deficiency Anemia

Thomas G. DeLoughery

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2016.09.004

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Thomas G. DeLoughery

Knight Cancer Institute

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Abstract

Iron deficiency is one of the most common causes of anemia. The 2 main etiologies of iron deficiency are blood loss due to menstrual periods and blood loss due to gastrointestinal bleeding. Beyond anemia, lack of iron has protean manifestations, including fatigue, hair loss, and restless legs. The most efficient test for the diagnosis of iron deficiency is the serum ferritin. Iron replacement can be done orally, or in patients in whom oral iron is not effective or contraindicated, with intravenous iron.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	319-332
Number of pages	14
Journal	Medical Clinics of North America
Volume	101
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2016.09.004
State	Published - Mar 1 2017

Keywords

Ferritin
Inflammatory bowel disease
Iron
TMPRSS6
Ulcers

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General Medicine

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