Evaluation of serum transferrin receptor concentration in diagnosing and differentiating iron deficiency anaemia from anaemia of chronic disorders

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-16

  Hanif, Ejaz ^a   Ayyub, Muhammad ^a   Anwar, Masood ^a   Ali, Waqar ^a   Bashir, Mukarram ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16444364977     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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