Serum soluble transferrin receptor in hypochromic microcytic anaemia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-142

  Jayaranee, S ^a   Sthaneshwar, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Chemical Pathology Unit

Author keywords

Anaemia; Hypochromic microcytic anaemia; Iron deficiency anaemia; Thalassaemia; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 31944435374     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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