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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Inflammation |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12950-017-0166-3 |