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Anaemia - iron deficiency - Management
Basis for recommendation
Recommendations on investigating suspected iron deficiency anaemia, and interpreting results are based on expert opinion from a World Health Organization guideline [WHO et al, 2001], a national guideline [British Society of Gastroenterology, 2005], a US guideline [AHRQ, 2006], a Canadian guideline [British Columbia Medical Association, 2004], medical textbooks [Letsky, 2003; Longmore et al, 2007; Provan, 2007], and review articles [Guyatt et al, 1992; Baker, 2000; Mungen, 2003 Galloway and Smellie, 2006; Smellie et al, 2006; Killip et al, 2007; Zimmerman and Hurrell, 2007].
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