Hematological parameters in preterm infants from birth to 16 weeks of age with reference to iron balance

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 551-557

  Mäkelä, Enni ^a   Takala, Timo I ^a   Suominen, Pauli ^b,c   Matomäki, Jaakko ^a   Salmi, Toivo T ^a   Rajamäki, Allan ^a,b   Lapinleimu, Helena ^a   Lehtonen, Liisa ^a   Irjala, Kerttu ^a,b   Lähteenmäki, Päivi M ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Mehilainen Oy   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Premature neonate; Red cell transfusion; Reticulocyte; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON BALANCE; IRON THERAPY; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; KINETICS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 44949249094     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.109     Document Type: Article

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