Efficacy of intravenous iron in treating iron deficiency anaemia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Are there predictors of response? Eficacia del hierro intravenoso en el tratamiento de la anemia ferropénica en pacientes con enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal: ¿Existen factores predictivos de respuesta?

Introduction: in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a very common disorder. Until recently, oral iron has been the mainstay therapy, nevertheless it has been associated with intolerance and noncompliance. Therefore, the goal of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of...

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Main Authors: Rocío Ferreiro Iglesias, Manuel Barreiro-de Acosta, Susana Seijo-Ríos, Aurelio Lorenzo, J. Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2011-05-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082011000500004