Pediatric reference intervals for soluble transferrin receptor and transferrin receptor-ferritin index

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Ooi, Cara Lianne ^a   Lepage, Nathalie ^b   Nieuwenhuys, Ed ^c   Sharma, Ajay Parkash ^a   Filler, Guido ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Sanquin Diagnostiek   (Netherlands)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Ferritin; Reference interval; Soluble transferrin receptor; Soluble transferrin receptor ferritin index; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650912148     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-009-0024-3     Document Type: Article

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