Soluble transferrin receptor in complicated anemia

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 431, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-147

  Braga, Federica ^a,b   Infusino, Ilenia ^a,b   Dolci, Alberto ^b   Panteghini, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anemia of chronic disease; Ferritin; Iron deficiency anemia; Soluble transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; SOLUBLE TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANEMIA; ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; META ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FERRITINS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84896710184     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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