Ferritin in the serum of normal subjects and patients with iron deficiency and iron overload.

British medical journal ·Vol. 4 ·No. 5834 ·1972-10-28 ·Pages 206-8

Jacobs A, Miller F, Worwood M, Beamish MR, Wardrop CA

Abstract

The concentration of ferritin in serum gives a quantitative measure of the amount of storage iron in normal subjects and those with iron deficiency or overload. The mean level in normal men is 69 ng/ml, compared with 35 ng/ml in normal women. A concentration below 10 ng/ml is associated with a low transferrin saturation and iron-deficient erythropoiesis.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Aged Anemia, Hypochromic/blood Anemia, Sideroblastic/blood Bloodletting Erythropoiesis Female Ferritins/blood Hemochromatosis/blood Humans Iron/blood Male Middle Aged

Chemicals

Ferritins Iron

Authors & Affiliations

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Jacobs A

Miller F

Worwood M

Beamish M R

Wardrop C A

References (3)

3 references, click to expand

Measurement of iron stores using deferoxamine.
Ann Intern Med. 1968 Mar;68(3):518-25 PMID: 5643675
IRON STORES OF NORMAL ADULTS AND REPLENISHMENT WITH ORAL IRON THERAPY.
JAMA. 1964 Dec 7;190:897-901 PMID: 14214491
METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF SERUM IRON.
J Clin Pathol. 1965 Jan;18:98-102 PMID: 14247712

Article Info

Journal

British medical journal

Abbr.

Br Med J

ISSN

0007-1447

DOI

10.1136/bmj.4.5834.206

Published

1972-10-28

Pages

206-8

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0372673

PMCID

PMC1786481

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5834.206 PMC Full Text

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