Gastroenterology
Should asymptomatic young men with iron deficiency anemia necessarily undergo endoscopy?
Nam Hee Kim, Jung Ho Park, Dong Il Park, Chong Il Sohn, Kyuyong Choi, Yoon Suk Jung
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(6):1084-1092. Published online January 5, 2018
Background/Aims: There has been no evidence for the necessity of endoscopy in asymptomatic young men with iron deficiency anemia (IDA). To determine whether endoscopy should be recommended in asymptomatic young men with IDA, we compared the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) lesions between young m..
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