deficiency (ID). Materials and methods: To examine an association between H. pylori
infection and ID, blood sampling and a data collection survey were performed in 78 H. pylori
infected patients and 22 healthy subjects as control. Serum ferritin and iron were measured
by ELISA and direct enzymatic method techniques respectively. Results: The result showed
that 24 of the patients (30.7%) have serum ferritin and iron concentrations below the normal …