Frequency of hypoferritinemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in outpatients

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-50

  Akarsu, Saadet ^a,b   Kilic, Mehmet ^a   Yilmaz, Erdal ^a   Aydin, Mustafa ^a   Taskin, Erdal ^a   Aygun, A Denizmen ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Hypoferritinemia; Iron deficiency anemia; Supplementation, iron

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABNORMALLY LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOFERRITINEMIA; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; IRON; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745624879     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092347     Document Type: Article

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