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Jimenez K, et al • Gastroenterology & Hepatology • 2015
Oral iron absorption maxes at 20-25% of 100mg doses; hemoglobin should increase 2 g/dL within 4-8 weeks with adequate therapy
Camaschella C • New England Journal of Medicine • 2015
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide, affecting an estimated 2 billion people, with ferritin being the most sensitive early marker.
Miller JL • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine • 2013
Ferritin ≤15 μg/L diagnostic of iron deficiency; several hundred million people affected globally; 10 million iron deficient in US; target ferritin restoration 50-100 μg/L