Evaluation of serum soluble transferrin receptors and erythropoietin levels as indicators for erythropoietic activity among multi-transfused β-thalassemic patients

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-38

  El Nawawy, Ahmed ^a   Massoud, Mohamed N ^a   El Bordiny, Magdy ^a   Hegazy, Saeed ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0036176841     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.1.33     Document Type: Article

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