Serum transferrin receptor levels in beta-thalassemia trait

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 369-371

  Demir, Aysin ^a   Yarali, Nese ^a   Fisgin, Tunc ^b   Duru, Feride ^a   Kara, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 10944240130     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.6.369     Document Type: Article

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