Skip to main content
Journal of Clinical Pathology logoLink to Journal of Clinical Pathology
. 1973 Oct;26(10):770–772. doi: 10.1136/jcp.26.10.770

Serum ferritin concentration and iron stores in normal subjects

G O Walters 1, F M Miller 1, M Worwood 1
PMCID: PMC477879  PMID: 4750458

Abstract

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 serum ferritin concentration and storage iron measured by quantitative phlebotomy. The possible advantages of assessing iron stores by using the serum ferritin concentration are discussed.

Full text

PDF
770

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Addison G. M., Beamish M. R., Hales C. N., Hodgkins M., Jacobs A., Llewellin P. An immunoradiometric assay for ferritin in the serum of normal subjects and patients with iron deficiency and iron overload. J Clin Pathol. 1972 Apr;25(4):326–329. doi: 10.1136/jcp.25.4.326. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. BAINTON D. F., FINCH C. A. THE DIAGNOSIS OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA. Am J Med. 1964 Jul;37:62–70. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(64)90212-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Balcerzak S. P., Westerman M. P., Heinle E. W., Taylor F. H. Measurement of iron stores using deferoxamine. Ann Intern Med. 1968 Mar;68(3):518–525. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-68-3-518. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. HASKINS D., STEVENS A. R., Jr, FINCH S., FINCH C. A. Iron metabolism; iron stores in man as measured by phlebotomy. J Clin Invest. 1952 Jun;31(6):543–547. doi: 10.1172/JCI102639. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Hynes M. The Iron Reserve of a Normal Man. J Clin Pathol. 1949 May;2(2):99–102. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2.2.99. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Jacobs A., Miller F., Worwood M., Beamish M. R., Wardrop C. A. Ferritin in the serum of normal subjects and patients with iron deficiency and iron overload. Br Med J. 1972 Oct 28;4(5834):206–208. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5834.206. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Karabus C. D., Fielding J. Desferrioxamine chelatable iron in haemolytic, megaloblastic and sideroblastic anaemias. Br J Haematol. 1967 Nov;13(6):924–933. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1967.tb08862.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Olsson K. S. Iron stores in normal men and male blood donors. As measured by desferrioxamine and quantitative phlebotomy. Acta Med Scand. 1972 Nov;192(5):401–407. doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1972.tb04837.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. PRITCHARD J. A., MASON R. A. IRON STORES OF NORMAL ADULTS AND REPLENISHMENT WITH ORAL IRON THERAPY. JAMA. 1964 Dec 7;190:897–901. doi: 10.1001/jama.1964.03070230033008. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. YOUNG D. S., HICKS J. M. METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF SERUM IRON. J Clin Pathol. 1965 Jan;18:98–102. doi: 10.1136/jcp.18.1.98. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Clinical Pathology are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES