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So you know how to treat iron deficiency anemia.

Stanley L Schrier

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Article in Blood, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Amino Acid Chelated Iron Versus Ferric Ammonium Citrate on Iron Status in Egyptian Children with Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Randomized Controlled Study.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2025
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  11. Transferrin Saturation/Hepcidin Ratio DiscriminatesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  14. Iron Deficiency and the Small bowel​.Current gastroenterology reports · 2021
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  15. Low Dose Iron Therapy in Children with Iron Deficiency: DNA Damage and Oxidant Stress Markers.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Stanley L SchrierSTANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this issue of Blood, Moretti et al provide data that challenge the entrenched oral treatment of iron deficiency anemia. The paper shows how the newer understanding of hepcidin and iron metabolism in general can lead to very practical improvements in the management of iron deficiency anemia, a disorder that may affect as many as 1 billion people.

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Dietary SupplementsFemaleFerritinsHepcidinsHumansIronIron, DietaryMaleFerritinsHepcidinsIronIron, Dietary

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