Iron saturation of ferritin in the course of phlebotomy treatment in patients with haemochromatosis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 827-830

  Kate, Joop Ten ^a   Marell, Kirstin ^a   Huizinga, Reint ^b   Kreeftenberg, Herman ^b   Van Deursen, Cees ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Genetic haemochromatosis; Iron saturation; Therapy

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 0032858412     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1999.124     Document Type: Article

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