Diagnostic utility of zinc protoporphyrin to detect iron deficiency in Kenyan pregnant women

BACKGROUND: Iron-deficient erythropoiesis results in excess formation of zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP), which can be measured instantly and at low assay cost using portable haematofluorometers. ZPP is used as a screening marker of iron deficiency in individual pregnant women and children, but also to as...

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Autores principales: Mwangi, Martin N, Maskey, Sumi, Andang’o, Pauline EA, Shinali, Noel K, Roth, Johanna M, Trijsburg, Laura, Mwangi, Alice M, Zuilhof, Han, van Lagen, Barend, Savelkoul, Huub FJ, Demir, Ayşe Y, Verhoef, Hans
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25428714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0229-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25428714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0229-8

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