Causes of hyperferritinaemia classified by HIV status in a tertiary-care setting in South Africa

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 207-211

  Visser, A ^a   Mostert, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV 1 positive; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; severe hyperferritinaemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870871495     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000398     Document Type: Article

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