Ferritin iron interferes with recommended method for measuring serum iron

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2042-2043

  Yamanishi, Hachiro ^a   Iyama, Shigeru ^a   Amino, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROZINE; IRON;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM; STANDARD;

EID: 0029853203     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.12.2042     Document Type: Article

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