Plasma transferrin receptor levels and indices of erythropoiesis and iron status in healthy term infants

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-314

  Kling, Pamela J ^a,c   Roberts, Robin A ^a   Widness, John A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte protoporphyrin; Erythropoiesis; Erythropoietin; Ferritin; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSFERRIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031729244     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199807000-00005     Document Type: Article

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