Usefulness of serum ferritin to assess maternal iron stores in the early postpartum period;Utilidad de la ferritina sérica para evaluar depósitos de hierro maternos en el post parto inmediato

Acta Bioquimica Clinica Latinoamericana

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-179

  Langini, Silvia Haydée ^a   Fleischman, Silvana ^a   López, Laura Beatriz ^b   Ibáñez, Laura Moratal ^a   Lardo, Marta Mabel ^a   Soler, Carlos Rafael Ortega ^b   De Portela, María Luz Pita Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Servicio de Obstetricia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Early puerperium; Maternal iron stores; Serum ferritin; Soluble transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERPERIUM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 6344282914     PISSN: 03252957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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