Clinical utility of serum soluble transferrin receptor levels and comparison with bone marrow iron stores as an index for iron-deficient erythropoiesis in a heterogeneous group of patients

Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Chang, Julia ^a,c   Bird, Robert ^b   Clague, Alan ^a   Carter, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Molecular Genetics Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaemia of chronic disease; Bone marrow iron stores; Iron deficiency; Iron studies; Soluble transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE MARROW; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 34250191778     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020701329732     Document Type: Article

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