Evaluation of a competitive hepcidin ELISA assay in the differential diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia with concurrent inflammation and anaemia of inflammation in elderly patients

Evaluation of a competitive hepcidin ELISA assay in the differential diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia with concurrent inflammation and anaemia of inflammation in elderly patients

Abstract In this study, a competitive hepcidin ELISA assay was evaluated for its ability to differentiate between iron deficiency anaemia with concurrent inflammation and anaemia of inflammation in elderly patients, using the absence of stainable bone marrow iron as the diagnostic criterion for iron...

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Main Author: Torbjörn Karlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Inflammation
Subjects:
Hepcidin
Elisa
Anaemia
Iron deficiency
Inflammation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12950-017-0166-3

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