Predictive value of low ferritin in older persons with anemia with and without inflammation: The Leiden 85-plus study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1601-1603

  Den Elzen, Wendy P J ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a   Willems, Jorien M ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Blauw, Gerard J ^a,b   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955255699     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02991.x     Document Type: Letter

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