The Iron Content of Serum Ferritin: Physiological Importance and Diagnostic Value

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-56

  Kate, Joop Ten ^a   Wolthuis, Albert ^a   Westerhuis, Bert ^a   van Deursen, Cees ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Chemistry ^*  (Japan)

^b Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; PRECIPITIN TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0031051325     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1997.35.1.53     Document Type: Article

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