The soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR)-territin index is a potential predictor of celiac disease in children with refractory iron deficiency anemia

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-42

  De Caterina, Maurizio ^a   Grimaldi, Ernesto ^a   Di Pascale, Giovanni ^b   Salerno, Giuliana ^a   Rosiello, Assunta ^a   Passaretti, Maria ^a   Scopacasa, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Immunonephelometry (INA); Iron deficiency anemia; Soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR)

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL VOLUME; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 14244265618     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.005     Document Type: Article

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