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Serum ferritin is elevated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration - 1 Mar 2015
Su Xiaowei W, Clardy Stacey L, Stephens Helen E, Simmons Zachary, Connor James R
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Our objective was to measure serum ferritin levels, which reflect iron metabolism, in ALS patients versus healthy and disease controls, and determine whether serum ferritin levels correlate with survival. We retrospectively analyzed data from 138 ALS patients, 152 healthy controls, and 82 disease controls. Gender, age, site of onset, and dates of symptom onset and death were recorded. Survival was defined as the...
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