A useful relationship between the presence of extramedullary erythropoeisis and the level of the soluble form of the transferrin receptor in a large cohort of adult patients with thalassemia intermedia: A prospective study

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 905-909

  Ricchi, Paolo ^a   Ammirabile, Massimiliano ^a   Costantini, Silvia ^a   Di Matola, Tiziana ^b   Verna, Roberto ^c   Diano, Alvaro ^a   Foglia, Maria Carmela ^a   Spasiano, Anna ^a   Cinque, Patrizia ^a   Prossomariti, Luciano ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale D Cotugno   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extramedullary erythropoeisis; Iron loading; MRI; Soluble transferring receptor; Splenectomy; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SAMPLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862647921     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-011-1385-y     Document Type: Article

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