Strategies for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Some Common Causes of Anaemia in Elderly Patients

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 49-56

  Joosten, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Diagnostic criteria, anaemia; Elderly, anaemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTINE; IRON; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSFERRIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 1242306594     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075555     Document Type: Review

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