Prevalence and type of anemia in IBD children at the time of diagnosis

Abstract

The prevalence of anemia in IBD children is high at the onset of the disease. Soluble TfR measurement and sTfR/F index calculation can improve ID diagnosis in condition of chronic inflammation.

Keywords

• anemia of chronic disease
• iron deficiency anemia
• iron deficiency
• soluble transferin receptor
• ferritin
• children
• bowel disease