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[Status of iron metabolism and erythropoietic proliferation in children with various genotypes of thalassemia].
Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics - 1 Aug 2010
Mai Hui-Rong, Li Chang-Gang, Wang Ying, Shi Hong-Song, Zhao Wei-Ling, Chen Yun-Sheng, Chen Xiao-Wen
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OBJECTIVE: To study the status of iron metabolism and erythropoietic proliferation in children with various genotypes of thalassemia. METHODS: Serum concentrations of ferritin (SF), transferrin receptor (sTfR) and erythropoietin (EPO) were measured in 158 children with thalassemia. The differences in the concentrations of the three indices among children with different genotypes of thalassemia were compared. The...
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