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Worm infestation as a cause of severe anemia in a frail older adult: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Worm infestations are a common occurrence in low-income countries. Anemia due to iron deficiency can be brought on by human intestinal worms. The authors report a case of an 86-year-old frail older adult with upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding caused by a worm infestation most likely...

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Autores principales:	Shah, Suveksha S., Shah, Raju, Basnet, Rohan, Patel, Dhruvit, Bhattarai, Urza, Shah, Bhupendra, Sharma, Sanjib K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
Materias:	Case Reports
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10553005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37811116 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MS9.0000000000001171

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