Abstract
Occult celiac disease was the cause of chronic iron deficiency anemia in two women who did not have clinically apparent malabsorption. There had been no response to oral administration of iron and neither had had abnormal blood loss. Iron deficiency anemia that is refractory to oral iron therapy may be due to celiac disease. Tests of intestinal absorption and biopsy of the small bowel are indicated.
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