Hypoferritinemia in anemic patients attending a tertiary hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria

It has been reported that over one-quarter of the world population is anemic and half of these were due to iron deficiency anemia. Since serum ferritin is widely used to assess iron load, this study sought to determine the serum ferritin concentrations of anemic patients attending the University of...

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Main Authors: Amos Dangana, Idris Abdullahi Nasir, Jessy Thomas Medugu, Peter Musa Omale, Bibiana Nonye Egenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-08-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/751