Are we requesting too many DMSA scans?

Abstract

Iron deficiency anaemia, helicobacter pylori infection and delayed pubertal growth We read with great interest the paper by Choe and colleagues which investigated a possible relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection, iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), and subnormal growth at puberty.1 The authors concluded that H pylori infection and related IDA, rather than bacterial infection alone, might cause delayed pubertal growth. However, we believe that these results need some consideration.