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DOES SLC11A2 GENE MUTATION ASSOCIATE WITH IRON-REFRACTORY IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY?
Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery - 1 Jan 2022
Piatto Vânia Belintani, Ferdinando Danielle Lopes Teixeira, Funes Hamilton Luiz Xavier
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AIM: After bariatric surgery, if there is iron-refractory iron-deficiency anemia (IRIDA) and does not respond to supplemental iron therapy, excluding other possible etiologies, genetic changes involved in iron metabolism should be considered. This study aimed to investigate the association of both mutations 1285G-C and 1246C-T, in the SLC11A2 gene, and the etiopathogenesis of anemia refractory to iron...
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