Reference values of serum transferrin receptor (sTfR) and sTfR/log ferritin index in healthy children

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 109-120

  Vazquez Lopez, Maria A ^a   Lopez Ruzafa, Encarnacion ^a   Lendinez Molinos, Francisco ^a   Ortiz Perez, Maria ^a   Ruiz Tudela, Lucia ^a   Martin Gonzalez, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Healthy children; iron deficiency; serum erythropoietin; serum transferrin receptor; serum transferrin receptor log ferritin index

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LOG FERRITIN INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; INFANT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84961213164     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2015.1138007     Document Type: Article

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