Percentage of hypochromic erythrocytes as a potential marker of iron availability

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 685-687

  Urrechaga, Elosa ^a   Borque, Lus ^b   Escanero, Jess F ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anemia; erythrocytes; functional iron deficiency; hypochromic red blood cells; iron availability

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHROMIC ERYTHROCYTE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84860480097     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.837     Document Type: Article

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