Zhonghua yi xue za zhi = Chinese medical journal; Free China ed
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Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) · Feb 2002
The diagnostic role of serum transferrin receptor in patients with various anemia.
Serum ferritin is known as a good tool to diagnose iron status. Recently the soluble serum transferrin receptor (sTfR) has been introduced as a promising new tool for diagnosing iron depletion. The present study was to compare the differential diagnostic values of sTfR and other related parameters in different causes of anemia. ⋯ sTfR is a new diagnostic tool to distinguish patients with anemia. Its diagnostic ability can further improve in combination with serum ferritin, transferrin saturation and other related parameters.