A ferritin level > 50 μg/L is frequently consistent with iron deficiency

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-170

  Koulaouzidis, Anastasios ^a   Cottier, Russell ^a   Bhat, Shivaram ^a   Said, Elmuhtady ^b   Linaker, Barry D ^a   Saeed, Athar A ^b  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; British Society of Gastroenterology; Ferritin; Iron deficiency; Soluble transferrin receptor; sTfR F Index

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 62649110333     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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