Collaborative Research and Support of Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center DWH Research Program Projects. Gastrointestinal Lesions in Iron Deficient Premenopausal Women. Protocol 4

Iron deficiency anemia is a very common occurrence in premenopausal women and is usually attributed to blood loss from menses, and not further evaluated. However, in the postmenopausal female, gastrointestinal lesions that account for the iron deficiency are found in approximately 7O% of patients. I...

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Main Authors: Hayes, Robert L, Bennion, Scott, Cremins, James E, Kepczyk, Thomas
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy and Physiology
ANEMIAS
ARMY FACILITIES
ARMY PERSONNEL
BIOPSY
BLOOD
CELIAC SPRUE
ENDOSCOPY
FERRITIN
FITZIMMONS ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
HEMOGLOBIN
IRON
IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
LESIONS
MEDICAL RESEARCH
Medicine and Medical Research
MENSTRUATION
POSTMENOPAUSAL
WOMEN
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Summary:Iron deficiency anemia is a very common occurrence in premenopausal women and is usually attributed to blood loss from menses, and not further evaluated. However, in the postmenopausal female, gastrointestinal lesions that account for the iron deficiency are found in approximately 7O% of patients. In the premenopausal group of women, no study has been performed to look at the incidence of gastrointestinal lesions and their potential relation to the iron deficiency. We propose to evaluate premenopausal women with iron deficiency anemia, with upper and lower endoscopy to document the incidence of gastrointestinal lesions in this population.