Serum soluble transferrin receptor and the prediction of marrow aspirate iron results in a heterogeneous group of patients

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-168

  Means Jr , R T ^a,b   Allen, J ^a,b,c   Sears, D A ^d   Schuster, S J ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c R and D Systems Inc   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Bone marrow aspirate; Ferritin; Iron deficiency; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STAIN; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032806096     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1999.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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