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Review
. 2016 Jan;101(1):e6-7.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2015.129114. Epub 2015 Oct 30.

Iron deficiency anemia treatment response to oral iron therapy: a pooled analysis of five randomized controlled trials

Maureen M Okam  1 , Todd A Koch  2 , Minh-Ha Tran  3
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Review

Iron deficiency anemia treatment response to oral iron therapy: a pooled analysis of five randomized controlled trials

Maureen M Okam et al. Haematologica. 2016 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: iron-deficiency anemia; oral iron; treatment response.

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Figure 1.
Subsequent hemoglobin trend according to 14-day hemoglobin response. Responders (those with a ≥1 g/dL rise in hemoglobin by day 14) were more likely to manifest durable and more robust increments than non-responders (those with <1 g/dL rise in hemoglobin by day 14).
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