Relationship of body iron stores to levels of serum ferritin, serum iron, unsaturated iron binding capacity and transferrin saturation in patients with iron storage disease.

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None of the methods for assessing total body iron burden in patients with hemochromatosis is satisfactory. Although it is commonly believed that a relationship exists between serum ferritin levels and total iron burden, the extent of this relationship has not previously been documented. In the present investigation we measured the total body iron burden of 88 patients with putative hemochromatosis, 54 of whom...

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