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Hematologic studies in atrophic gastritis

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Study of the peripheral blood and of smears of the sternal bone marrow of 15 patients with atrophic gastritis without pernicious anemia revealed no consistent abnormalities which might aid in identifying the cause of the gastric disease. A mild anemia, predominantly microcytic or macrocytic, was observed in seven patients.

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  1. San Francisco, Calif.

    Morris E. Dailey, Matthew J. Ellenhorn & Ernest H. Falconer

  2. Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

    Morris E. Dailey, Matthew J. Ellenhorn & Ernest H. Falconer

  3. Gastrointestinal and Hematological clinies, University of California Hospital, San Francisco, California

    Morris E. Dailey, Matthew J. Ellenhorn & Ernest H. Falconer

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Aided by a grant from the Donner Foundation, Cancer Division, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Dailey, M.E., Ellenhorn, M.J. & Falconer, E.H. Hematologic studies in atrophic gastritis. Amer. Jour. Dig. Dis. 20, 149–152 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02881310

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