Clinical risk factors for underlying gastrointestinal malignancy in iron deficiency anaemia–prospective validation of the IDIOM score

Clinical risk factors for underlying gastrointestinal malignancy in iron deficiency anaemia–prospective validation of the IDIOM score

Objective: Ten percent of adults presenting with iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) have underlying cancer. This study was undertaken to prospectively validate the observation in a previous retrospective study that three simple clinical parameters can usefully predict the likelihood of gastrointestinal (...

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Main Authors: Clare M. Wijayasekara, Susan L. Surgenor, Carla A. Hatcher, Andrew J. Clegg, Elizabeth J. Williams, Jonathon A. Snook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Medicine
Subjects:
gastrointestinal malignancy
iron deficiency anaemia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1213216

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1213216

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