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- Birgegård, Gunnar, et al.
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Serum ferritin and erythrocyte 2,3-DPG during quantitated phlebotomy and iron treatment
- 1977
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Ingår i: Scandinavian journal of haematology. - 0036-553X. ; 19:4, s. 327-333
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Serum ferritin and erythrocyte 2,3-DPG levels were followed in 3 healthy males who were phlebotomized to iron depletion and a moderate anaemia. In 2 of the subjects, the expected rise in DPG levels was seen but not in the third, in spite of a Hb concentration of 95 g/1. Serum ferritin levels were found to reflect changes in iron stores, and subnormal serum ferritin indicated depleted iron stores. However, there was no correlation between pre-phlebotomy ferritin levels and calculated iron stores. The conclusion is that no fixed ratio can be established between serum ferritin and iron stores. A single ferritin value within the normal range does not tell how large iron stores a person has. Changes in an individual's iron stores can, however, be detected by repeated ferritin estimations.
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