The impact of intensive serial plasmapheresis and iron supplementation on iron metabolism and Hb concentration in menstruating women: A prospective randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-410

  Bier Ulrich, Anne Marie ^b   Haubelt, Hannelore ^b   Anders, Christof ^b   Nagel, Dietmar ^b   Schneider, Steffen ^b   Siegler, Karl E ^b   Seiler, Dieter ^b   Hellstern, Peter ^a  

^a Inst Hemostaseology/Transfus Med   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEPLETION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MENSTRUATION; PLACEBOS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0037342519     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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