Can soluble transferrin receptor be used in diagnosing iron deficiency anemia and assessing iron response in infants with moderate acute malnutrition?

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 125-132

  Büyükkaragöz, Bahar ^a   Akgun, Necat A ^a   Bulus, Ayse D ^b   Aydogdu, Sultan Durmus ^a   Bal, Cengiz ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kecioren Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infants; Iron deficiency anemia; Malnutrition; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; SMEAR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85016471277     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: 16683501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2017.eng.125     Document Type: Article

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