Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia

ABSTRACT Nutritional iron deficiency anemia is the most common deficiency disorder, affecting more than two billion people worldwide. Oral iron supplementation is usually the first choice for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia, but in many conditions, oral iron is less than ideal mainly because of...

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Main Authors: João Ricardo Friedrisch, Rodolfo Delfini Cançado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842015000600400&lng=en&tlng=en