Components of biological variation in serum soluble transferrin receptor: Relationships to serum iron, transferrin and ferritin concentrations, and immune and haematological variables

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-41

  Maes, M ^a,b,c,h   Bosmans, E ^d   Scharrpe S ^c   Hendriks, D ^c   Cooremans, W ^e   Neels, H ^f   De Meyer, F ^g   D'Hondt, P ^b   Peeters, D ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Eurogenetics   (Belgium)

^e SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^h Clinical Research Center for Mental Health of Antwerp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Ferritin; Interleukin 2; Interleukin 6; Receptor; Seasonality; Sourve of variation; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030936712     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365519709057816     Document Type: Article

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