Interpreting tests for iron deficiency among adults in a high HIV prevalence African setting: routine tests may lead to misdiagnosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 613-617

  Lewis, David K ^a   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a,b   Epino, Henry ^a   Letsky, Elizabeth A ^c   Mukiibi, Joshua M ^a   van den Broek, Nynke R ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Diagnosis; HIV; Iron deficiency anaemia; Malawi; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247125141     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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