Iron status in pregnant women: Which measurements are valid?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 817-824

  Van Den Broek, N R ^a,d   Letsky, E A ^b   White, S A ^c   Shenkin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Inflammation; Iron; Parameters; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0031758680     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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