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Case Reports
. 2003 Mar;162(3):177-179.
doi: 10.1007/s00431-002-1139-x. Epub 2003 Jan 23.

Refractory iron-deficiency anaemia due to silent Helicobacter pylori gastritis in children

Maria Kostaki  1 , Smaragdi Fessatou  2   3 , Themistocles Karpathios  1
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Refractory iron-deficiency anaemia due to silent Helicobacter pylori gastritis in children

Maria Kostaki et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

We 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.

Conclusion: Iron-deficiency anaemia may be due to clinically inapparent H. pylori gastritis.

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