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Severe Iron Deficiency: Rare Etiology, Easy Treatment

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Always Bldg. M211, Stanford, CA, 94305-5187, USA

    Sidhartha R. Sinha, George Triadafilopoulos & Nimeesh Shah

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Ave., San Jose, CA, 95128, USA

    Nimeesh Shah

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Sinha, S.R., Triadafilopoulos, G. & Shah, N. Severe Iron Deficiency: Rare Etiology, Easy Treatment. Dig Dis Sci 59, 538–542 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-013-2880-x

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