Underestimation of the coexistence of iron deficiencies and thalassemia minors: a single institution experience in Taiwan

Some physicians neglect the possible coexistence of an iron deficiency with a thalassemia minor and do not treat the iron deficiency accordingly. This motivated us to conduct this study. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 3892 patients who visited our clinics and had hemoglobin (Hb) electrop...

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Main Authors: Chung-King Lin, Ling-Ping Chen, Hsiu-Lin Chang, Yung-Chuan Sung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-08-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X14000801