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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Veröffentlicht in:BMC Med
Hauptverfasser: 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
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276103/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25428714
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0229-8
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