Monitoring oral iron therapy with protoporphyrin/heme ratios in pregnant women

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 279-283

  Madan, N ^a   Prasannaraj, P ^b   Rusia, U ^a   Sundaram, K R ^b   Nath, L M ^b   Sood, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Free erythrocyte protoporphyrin; Iron stores; Monitoring iron therapy; Pregnant women; Protoporphyrin heme ratio

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DRUG MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEME; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; PREGNANCY; PROTOPORPHYRINS;

EID: 0032982491     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050515     Document Type: Article

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