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Inflammatory bowel disease

High burden of iron deficiency and different types of anemia in inflammatory bowel disease outpatients in Scandinavia: A longitudinal 2-year follow-up study

Palle BagerDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ragnar BefritsDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ola WikmanDepartment of Medicine, Stockholm South General Hospital, Sweden
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Stefan LindgrenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Gastroenterology-Hepatology Division, University Hospital Skane, Malmö, Sweden
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Bjørn MoumDepartment of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital, and University of Oslo, Norway
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Henrik HjortswangDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology UHL, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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Jens F. DahlerupDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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Pages 1286-1293 | Received 31 May 2013, Accepted 21 Aug 2013, Published online: 30 Sep 2013

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