The efficacy of measuring the transferrin saturation and the serum ferritin concentration to
detect iron deficiency was determined under routine conditions in a general hospital. The …

In healthy persons the plasma ferritin concentration is a sensitive index of the size of body
iron stores. It has been successfully applied to large-scale surveys of the iron status of …

In 93 patients 18 to 94 years old, with different disorders, of whom 33 had iron deficiency
defined as absence (grade O) or only traces of haemosiderin in bone marrow smears …

Ferritin values for 250 selected sera were compared with values for iron, total iron-binding
capacity (TIBC), and transferrin saturation, to assess the potential of the ferritin assay for the …

Measurements of serum ferritin were correlated with other hematologic laboratory indexes in
250 hospitalized subjects with anemia or disorders in iron metabolism. A geometric mean …

Serum iron and ferritin measurements lack the requisite sensitivity and/or specificity to
accurately diagnose iron deficiency. To determine their utility in hospitalized patients, the …

Ferritin is the intracellular storage form of iron, found chiefly in the cytoplasm of the cells of
the reticuloendothelial system. 1 By means of immunoradiometric assays it can be …

The relationship between serum ferritin concentration and the amount of storage iron has
been studied in normal subjects. A high degree of correlation was demonstrated between …

Plasma ferritin is a secretory component of intracellular ferritin synthesis. In normal persons
its amount reflects the size of iron stores. A decrease to less than 12 μg per liter indicates …

Determination of serum ferritin is an important means of assessing body iron stores. Trace
amounts of ferritin normally present in serum are detectable by sensitive radioimmunoassay …