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. 1968 Jul 6;3(5609):22–25. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5609.22

Iron Absorption and Blood Loss in Patients with Hiatus Hernia

J M Holt, F G H Mayet, G T Warner, S T Callender, A J Gunning
PMCID: PMC1989480  PMID: 5301883

Abstract

Iron absorption was measured in 28 patients, 19 of whom were anaemic. The mean absorption in the anaemic patients was 39% and in the non-anaemic patients 8%. Gastrointestinal blood loss was then measured in 26 of these patients. The mean estimated blood loss in the anaemic patients was 15 ml. a day and in the non-anaemic patients 3 ml. a day. In 16 of the 19 anaemic patients symptoms of anaemia were either the sole or the major complaint.

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