internal medicine haematology internal medicine haematology
| Anaemia |
| Prevalence Causes Clinical features Investigations Therapy Prognosis |  |
Iron-deficiency anaemia is reasonably common in menstruating women, but rare in men until ≥ 70 years of age. b 
Iron-deficiency anaemia is common in menstruating women and the elderly.
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Expiry date:
September 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides
| Authors | R Dinniwell , CM Ball |
| Reviewer | D Chitnavas |
| CAT Writers | R Dinniwell , CM Bal, C Wottonl |