Detecting iron deficiency in anemic patients with concomitant medical problems

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 455-461

  Kis, Anne M ^b   Carnes, Molly ^a,c  

^a William S Middleton Vet Hospital

^b St Luke's Sinai Samaritan Med C

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ferritin; Iron deficiency; Total iron binding capacity; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOSIDERIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FERRITINS; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0031901982     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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