Body iron stores decrease in boys during pubertal development: The transferrin receptor-ferritin ratio as an indicator of iron status

Pediatric Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 224-228

  Anttila, Raija ^a   Cook, James D ^b   Siimes, Martti A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; FINLAND; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

EID: 0031013347     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199702000-00012     Document Type: Article

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