Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 715-719 , November 2008

Need for parenteral iron therapy after bariatric surgery

  • Seema Varma, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology and Oncology, Sanford R. Nalitt Institute for Cancer and Blood Related Diseases, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
    • ,
  • Walid Baz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology and Oncology, Sanford R. Nalitt Institute for Cancer and Blood Related Diseases, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
    • ,
  • Edgard Badine, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology and Oncology, Sanford R. Nalitt Institute for Cancer and Blood Related Diseases, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
    • ,
  • Fadi Nakhl, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology and Oncology, Sanford R. Nalitt Institute for Cancer and Blood Related Diseases, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
    • ,
  • Heather McMullen, M.D., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Bariatric Surgery Program, Department of Surgery, Center for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
    • ,
  • Jeffrey Nicastro, M.D., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Bariatric Surgery Program, Department of Surgery, Center for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
    • ,
  • Frank Forte, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology and Oncology, Sanford R. Nalitt Institute for Cancer and Blood Related Diseases, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
    • ,
  • Terenig Terjanian, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology and Oncology, Sanford R. Nalitt Institute for Cancer and Blood Related Diseases, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
    • ,
  • Qun Dai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology and Oncology, Sanford R. Nalitt Institute for Cancer and Blood Related Diseases, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York

Received 19 December 2007 ,Revised 13 April 2008 ,Accepted 25 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2008.04.015

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
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