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ArticleHematology, transfusion and cell therapy

Doaa M El Demerdash, Heba Ibrahim, Dina M Hassan, Heba Moustafa, Nehad M Tawfik

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Article in Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Evaluation of Hematological Parameters ofJournal of blood medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Doaa M El DemerdashKasr Alainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: dr_eldemerdash@kasralainy.edu.eg.
Heba IbrahimKasr Alainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Dina M HassanKasr Alainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Heba MoustafaKasr Alainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Nehad M TawfikKasr Alainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRefractory or unexplained iron deficiency anemia accounts for about 15% of all cases. The endoscopic gastrointestinal workup sometimes fails to establish the cause of iron deficiency anemia and a considerable proportion of patients regardless of risk category fail to respond to oral iron supplementation. The aim of the present study was to assess the etiological role of

methodsA case controlled study was composed of 104 iron deficiency anemia cases and 70 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Patients were diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia according to hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, serum ferritin, and transferrin saturation. Upper and lower endoscopies were performed and active

results

conclusionsFailing to test for

Indexed as

Helicobacter pyloriIron deficiency anemiaMicrocytic anemiaRefractory iron deficiencyUnexplained iron deficiency

Identifiers

PMID30128430
PMCPMC6098172
OpenAlexW2794565012

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