Combined measurement of ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor, retinol binding protein, and C-reactive protein by an inexpensive, sensitive and simple sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3127-3132

  Erhardt, Juergen G ^a   Estes, John E ^b   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^c   Biesalski, Hans K ^d   Craft, Neal E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b Craft Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELISA; Infectious status; Iron deficiency; Low cost method; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IRON; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; SOLUBLE TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON STORAGE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PLASMA; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 7944233269     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.11.3127     Document Type: Article

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