Effects of iron supplementation on red blood cell hemoglobin content in pregnancy

Hematology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 91-94

  Schoorl, Margreet ^a   Schoorl, Marianne ^a   van der Gaag, Derek ^a   Bartels, Piet C M ^a  

^a Northwest Clinics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anemia; IDE; Pregnancy; Reticulocyte haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

FERROUS FUMARATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY EQUIPMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON THERAPY; LIFESPAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84875391469     PISSN: 20388322     EISSN: 20388330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/hr.2012.e24     Document Type: Article

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