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Characteristics of non-anemic healthy adolescents with serum-soluble transferrin receptor concentrations outside the reference interval

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This work was supported by a research grant from Inha University.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea

    Yong Hoon Jun

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea

    Chung Hyun Nahm & Jong Weon Choi

  3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inha University Hospital, 7-206, 3-ga, Shinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, 400-711, South Korea

    Jong Weon Choi

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Jun, Y.H., Nahm, C.H. & Choi, J.W. Characteristics of non-anemic healthy adolescents with serum-soluble transferrin receptor concentrations outside the reference interval. Ann Hematol 87, 571–573 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-008-0456-1

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