Utility of reticulocyte haemoglobin content and percentage hypochromic red cells as markers of iron deficiency anaemia among black CKD patients in South Africa

• Aishatu Muhammad Nalado ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: aishnld@yahoo.co.uk

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3662-8150

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• Johnny N. Mahlangu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Raquel Duarte,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Graham Paget,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Gbenga Olorunfemi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Barry F. Jacobson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Saraladevi Naicker

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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