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Iron tests

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Iron tests are groups of clinical chemistry laboratory blood tests that are used to evaluate body iron stores or the iron level in blood serum.

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Other terms used for the same tests are iron panel, iron profile, iron indices or iron status.

Tests

  • Serum iron
  • Ferritin
  • Transferrin
  • Total iron-binding capacity (TIBC)
  • Transferrin saturation (Iron saturation of transferrin)
  • Unsaturated iron binding capacity (UIBC)
  • Transferrin receptor (TfR)
  • Complete blood count (CBC), especially:
  • Hemoglobin, EVF or total red blood cells (RBC count)
  • Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
  • Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) or MCHC

    • Diagnosis

    * = or normal.

    References

    Iron tests Wikipedia
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