Rethinking ferritin cutoffs for iron deficiency and overload

The Lancet Haematology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e92-e94

  Garcia Casal, Maria Nieves ^a   Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^a   Pasricha, Sant Rayn ^b,c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON OVERLOAD; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84922056159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(14)00025-8     Document Type: Note

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