Natural history of haemoglobin levels in female blood donors with haemoglobin levels of 120-124 g/l at presentation

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 225-230

  Gillon, J ^a   Wye, A ^a   Walker, B ^a   Phillips, P ^a  

^a Edinburgh S E Scotland Blood T   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033910008     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000031185     Document Type: Article

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