Serum transferrin receptor in healthy children. Diagnostic yield in ferropenic and infectious anemia

• Published in: Anales de pediatría (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) Vol. 60; no. 5; p. 428
• Main Authors: Aleo Luján, E, Gil López, C, González Fernández, F A, Villegas Martínez, A, Valverde Moreno, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01.05.2004
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - blood; Child; Child, Preschool; Communicable Diseases - blood; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Receptors, Transferrin - blood; Reference Values

The serum transferrin receptor (TfR) presents certain advantages over other parameters of cellular iron status because it does not vary in acute or chronic diseases. To establish reference ranges of TfR in healthy children for our laboratory, to define the distribution of this variable in children w...