Determination of iron status in women attending genitourinary clinics with pruritus vulvae

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 489-490

  Bates, S M ^a   Dilke Wing, G ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VULVA PRURITUS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS VULVAE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33845910364     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.020057     Document Type: Article

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