Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 0 3-4 1975 12 15 137 147 S.N. SAYAR R. SARLATTI M. NAFICY 2015 09 28 Geophagia characterized by, severe, anaemia, dwarfism, hypogonadism • and hepatosplenomegaly is sometimes seen in young patients (and children) in Iran. 2) Haematological aspects of the syndrome are those of, severe, iron defi-crency anaemia3) Gastric biopsies and histological findings revealed superfi cial or atrophic gastritis showing some resemblance to those seen in pernicious anaemia. 4) Haematological features, anaemia ana many of the clinical signs of the syndrome were improved after appropriate iron therapy. 5) Histological changes of gastric mucosa improved, in 5 patients, 6 months after correction of the anaemia. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4197 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/4197/4172