Low frequency of elevated serum transferrin saturation in elderly subjects

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 181-186

  Franzini, Carlo ^a   Berlusconi, Aurelia ^b   Favarelli, Chiara ^b   Brambilla, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Lab Analisi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Iron overload; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0034256978     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(00)00273-4     Document Type: Article

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