Body iron stores in relation to growth and pubertal maturation in healthy boys

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-18

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

iron; pubertal boys; testicular volume

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON STORAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUBERTY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TESTIS;

EID: 0031014419     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-1978.x     Document Type: Article

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