Letter: assessing iron deficiency in patients with IBD-a step in the right direction, but uncertainty remains

Mayur Garg^{1

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5}, Sheital Chand⁵, Petrus Weenink⁴, Karen Yunqiu Wu⁴, Richard K Y Cheng⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
⁴ Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Vic, Australia.
⁶ Department of Gastroenterology, Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe, Qld, Australia.

Comment

Mayur Garg et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;52(2):413-415.

doi: 10.1111/apt.15833.

Mayur Garg^{1

2

3

4

5}, Sheital Chand⁵, Petrus Weenink⁴, Karen Yunqiu Wu⁴, Richard K Y Cheng⁶

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
⁴ Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Vic, Australia.
⁶ Department of Gastroenterology, Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe, Qld, Australia.

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Comparative accuracy of ferritin, transferrin saturation and soluble transferrin receptor for the diagnosis of iron deficiency in inflammatory bowel disease.
Daude S, Remen T, Chateau T, Danese S, Gastin I, Baumann C, Gueant JL, Peyrin-Biroulet L. Daude S, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Jun;51(11):1087-1095. doi: 10.1111/apt.15739. Epub 2020 Apr 22. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020. PMID: 32323356

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