Serum transferrin receptor, ferritin, and reticulocyte maturity indices during the first year of life in 'large' preterm infants

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-446

  Schiza, Vassiliki ^a   Giapros, Vasileios ^a,b   Pantou, Konstantina ^a   Theocharis, Paraskevi ^a   Challa, Anna ^a   Andronikou, Styliani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anemia; Ferritin; Iron; Preterm infant; Reticulocyte maturity; Serum transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 35048841146     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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