Iron tests
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Iron tests | |
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Purpose | evaluate iron level |
Iron tests are groups of
blood serum
.
Other terms used for the same tests are iron panel, iron profile, iron indices, iron status or iron studies.
Tests
- Serum iron
- Ferritin
- Transferrin
- Total iron-binding capacity (TIBC)
- Transferrin saturation (Iron saturation of transferrin)
- Unsaturated iron binding capacity(UIBC)
- Transferrin receptor (TfR)
Related tests
- Complete blood count (CBC), especially:
- red blood cells(RBC count)
- Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
- MCHC
Diagnosis
IRON PANEL | Serum iron | TIBC
|
Transferrin saturation | Ferritin | Transferrin receptor | Related tests | |
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Hb | MCV | ||||||
Iron deficiency anemia
|
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Iron overload (hemochromatosis) |
* | Normal | |||||
Anemia of chronic disease | * | * | |||||
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) | Normal | ||||||
Thalassemia | |||||||
Sideroblastic anemia | * | ||||||
Megaloblastic anemia | |||||||
Hemolytic anemia | * | * | * | * | |||
Pregnancy or use of hormonal contraception |
Normal |
* = or normal.
See also
- reference rangesfor tests above