Soluble form of transferrin receptor as a biomarker of overall morbidity in patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassaemia: A cross-sectional study

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 538-540

  Ricchi, Paolo ^a   Ammirabile, Massimiliano ^a   Costantini, Silvia ^a   Spasiano, Anna ^a   Di Matola, Tiziana ^b   Verna, Roberto ^c   Pepe, Alessia ^d   Cinque, Patrizia ^a   Saporito, Caterina ^a   Filosa, Aldo ^a   Pagano, Leonilde ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale D Cotugno   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORBIDITY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 84997079339     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2016.0279-15     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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