Lower hemoglobin with lower Ferritin: It is not just a question of anemia

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 622-626

  Asberg, Arne ^a   Mikkelsen, Gustav ^a   Thorstensen, Ketil ^a   Åsberg, Ann E ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Hypochromic anemia; Iron deficiency anemia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84887597153     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2013.835863     Document Type: Article

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