Serum transferrin receptor levels in patients undergoing evaluation of iron stores: Correlation with other parameters and observed versus predicted results

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-97

  North, M ^a   Dallalio, G ^a   Donath, A S ^a   Melink, R ^a   Means Jr , R T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic studies; Ferritin; Iron deficiency; Transferrin receptors

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; LABORATORY TEST; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030804017     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1997.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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