Serum transferrin receptors in detection of iron deficiency in pregnancy

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 358-363

  Rusia, U ^a   Flowers, C ^b   Madan, N ^a   Agarwal, N ^a   Sood, S K ^a   Sikka, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia in pregnancy; Iron deficiency; Transferrin receptors

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABOR; LABORATORY TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032861760     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050529     Document Type: Article

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