Soluble transferrin receptor and its ratio to erythroblasts in bone marrow may be a new diagnostic tool to distinguish between aplastic and refractory anemia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 138-142

  Matsuda, Akira ^a   Misumi, Motohiro ^a   Shimada, Tsuneyuki ^a   Yoshida, Katsuhiko ^a   Yagasaki, Fumiharu ^a   Ito, Yoshihiro ^a   Kawai, Nobutaka ^a   Murohashi, Ikuo ^b   Hirashima, Kunitake ^a   Bessho, Masami ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Refractory anemia; Soluble transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROBLAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELODYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANEMIA, REFRACTORY; BONE MARROW CELLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROBLASTS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 12144290498     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076521     Document Type: Article

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