Serum transferrin receptor levels are increased in asymptomatic and mild Plasmodium falciparum-infection

Haematologica

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 869-873

  Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a   May, Jürgen ^b   Stark, Klaus ^b   Falusi, Adeyinka G ^b   Meyer, Christian G ^b   Bienzle, Ulrich ^b  

^a Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Malaria; Nigeria; Plasmodium falciparum; Serum transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; FERRITIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032701717     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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