Accuracy of serum transferrin receptor levels in the diagnosis of iron deficiency among hospital patients in a population with a high prevalence of thalassaemia trait

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 487-493

  Ong, K H ^a   Tan, H L ^a   Tam, L P ^a   Hawkins, R C W ^a   Kuperan, P ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Iron deficiency; Serum transferrin receptor; Thalassaemia trait

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 55149118216     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2007.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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