Use of red blood cell indices for the identification of iron deficiency among blood donors

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-189

  Nadarajan, V ^a   Sthaneshwar, P ^a   Eow, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blood donation; CHr; Iron deficiency; RBC Y; TfR

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETICULOCYTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD DONORS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45349093255     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2008.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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