title: Down syndrome - transferrin parallels plasma iron changes.
abstract: The transferrin level was studied in patients with simple trisomy 21 and with Robertsonian unbalanced translocations 21/22 and 21/14. In all these groups of patients, known to have significantly lowered plasma iron levels, the transferrin levels were found to be decreased with respect to the control group.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D014168:Transferrin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014168:Transferrin; D007501:Iron