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Case Reports
Refractory iron-deficiency anaemia due to silent Helicobacter pylori gastritis in children.
- Maria Kostaki, Smaragdi Fessatou, and Themistocles Karpathios.
- 2nd Department of Paediatrics, University of Athens, Greece.
- Eur. J. Pediatr. 2003 Mar 1;162(3):177-9.
UnlabelledWe describe the cases of three children with chronic active Helicobacter pylori gastritis and iron-deficiency anaemia without evidence of oesophagogastrointestinal bleeding. In all cases, long-standing iron supplementation became effective only after eradication of Helicobacter pylori.ConclusionIron-deficiency anaemia may be due to clinically inapparent H. pylori gastritis.
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