Erschienen in:
05.02.2019 | IM - COMMENTARY
Iron replacement in inflammatory bowel diseases: an evolving scenario
verfasst von:
Fabiana Busti, Giacomo Marchi, Domenico Girelli
Erschienen in:
Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Ausgabe 3/2019
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Excerpt
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) represents the most common extra-intestinal complication in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) [
1,
2]. Iron deficiency (ID), even without anemia, negatively impacts on patients’ quality of life, and is associated with the development of various comorbidities and an increased risk of hospitalization [
3]. Thus, timely correction of ID, before anemia develops, is a major goal in IBD patients. …