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In Elderly Anemic Patients without Endoscopic Signs of Bleeding Are Duodenal Biopsies Always Necessary to Rule Out Celiac Disease?

Iron-deficiency anemia in the elderly may be due to numerous gastrointestinal conditions. Anemia is frequent in celiac disease (CD); however, the use of routine duodenal biopsies, independently of age or serology, is debated. To determine the diagnostic yield of routine duodenal biopsies in adult an...

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Autores principales: Pivetta, Giulia, Coluccio, Chiara, Dilaghi, Emanuele, Lahner, Edith, Pilozzi, Emanuela, Carabotti, Marilia, Corleto, Vito Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8947612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35328233
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030678