The transferrin/log(ferritin) ratio: A new tool for the diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1343-1349

  Castel, Rob ^a   Tax, Martine G H M ^a   Droogendijk, Jolanda ^a   Leers, Math P G ^b   Beukers, Ruud ^a   Levin, Mark David ^a   Sonneveld, Pieter ^c   Berendes, Paul B ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anemia analysis; Iron deficiency anemia; Iron status parameters

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSFERRIN LOG(FERRITIN) RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867761930     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2011-0594     Document Type: Article

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