Inverse correlation of plasma leptin and soluble transferrin receptor levels in β-thalassemia patients

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 543-547

  Dedoussis, G V Z ^a   Kyrtsonis, M C ^b   Andrikopoulos, N E ^a   Voskaridou, E ^b   Loutradis, A ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Erythropoiesis; Hemozygous; Leptin; sTfR; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036943747     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0499-7     Document Type: Article

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