Hemoglobinopathies, body iron stores and gestational diabetes mellitus

Haematologica

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1138-1139

  Bencaiova, Gabriela ^a   Krafft, Alexander ^a   Burkhardt, Tilo ^a   Zimmermann, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body iron stores; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Hemoglobinopathy

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON STORAGE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 24944555726     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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