Whole blood collected on filter paper provides a minimally invasive method for assessing human transferrin receptor level

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3760-3763

  McDade, Thomas W ^a   Shell Duncan, Bettina ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood specimen collection; Immunoassay; Iron deficiency; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IRON DEFICIENCY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036899112     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.12.3760     Document Type: Article

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