Serum ferritin as an indicator of iron status: what do we need to know?

Determination of iron status in pregnancy and in young children is essential for both clinical and public health practice. Clinical diagnosis of iron deficiency (ID) through sampling of bone marrow to identify the absence of body iron stores is impractical in most cases. Serum ferritin (SF) concentr...

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Published in:	The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 106; no. Suppl 6; p. 1634S
Main Authors:	Daru, Jahnavi, Colman, Katherine, Stanworth, Simon J, De La Salle, Barbara, Wood, Erica M, Pasricha, Sant-Rayn
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.12.2017
Subjects:	Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - blood Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - diagnosis Child, Preschool Female Ferritins - blood Hemoglobins - metabolism Humans Iron - blood Nutritional Status Pregnancy Receptors, Transferrin - blood Sensitivity and Specificity cutoffs ferritin hepcidin iron deficiency diagnostic test iron deficiency anemia iron status
ISSN:	1938-3207, 1938-3207
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