An audit of clinically relevant abnormal laboratory parameters investigating athletes with persistent symptoms of fatigue

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 351-355

  Toit, Cornelius Du ^a   Locke, Simon ^a,b  

^a Greenslopes Centre for Sport and Movement   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Diagnosis; Fatigue; Laboratory tests

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; FERRITIN; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; THYROTROPIN; TRANSFERRIN; URATE; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 35348980093     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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