How best to diagnose irondeficiency anemia in patients with inflammatory disease?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 160-161

  Oh, Robert C ^a   Franzos, Tracy ^a   Montoya, Cathy ^b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Houston Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; NOTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); BLOOD; INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84858626776     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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