Serum transferrin receptor levels in patients with thalassemia intermedia during rHuEPO administration

Haematologica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-39

  Dore, Fausto ^a   Bonfigli, Silvana ^b   Gaviano, Eleonora ^a   Pardini, Simonetta ^a   Longinotti, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anemia; rHuEPO; Soluble transferrin receptor; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0030322487     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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