The cutoff value of serum ferritin for the diagnosis of iron deficiency in community-residing older persons

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 358-361

  Choi, Chul Won ^a   Cho, Woo Ri ^a   Park, Kyong Hwa ^a   Choi, In Keun ^a   Seo, Jae Hong ^a   Kim, Byung Soo ^a   Shin, Sang Won ^a   Kim, Yeul Hong ^a   Kim, Jun Suk ^a   Lee, Juneyoung ^b  

^a Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged; Ferritin; Iron; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; KOREA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; TRANSFERRIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20444477958     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-005-1033-5     Document Type: Article

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