Reticulocyte hemoglobin content to diagnose iron deficiency in children

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 2225-2230

  Brugnara, Carlo ^a,b   Zurakowski, David ^a,b   DiCanzio, James ^a,b   Boyd, Theonia ^a,c   Platt, Orah ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033575131     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.23.2225     Document Type: Article

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