Transferrin receptor level as surrogate peripheral blood marker of iron deficiency states

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-127

  Koulaouzidis, Anastasios ^a   Saeed, Athar A ^b   Abdallah, Mageed ^c   Said, Elmuhtady M ^d  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Cancer Information Group   (United Kingdom)

^d BARNSLEY DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FERRITINS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149095740     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520802555983     Document Type: Letter

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