Maternal and fetal iron measurements in a hemochromatotic pregnancy.
The findings in the cord blood sample of an infant from a treated hemochromatotic mother of a raised transferrin saturation (88%) and a raised ferritin concentration (250.2 micrograms/L) together with elevated maternal values (66% and 91.6 micrograms/L, respectively) yet a normal total placental iron content (26.9 mg) suggested that in common with gastrointestinal mucosal cells and reticuloendothelial cells in hemochromatosis, the placental cell may exhibit an abnormality of iron storage and transport.
Baynes
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Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
Meyer
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Bothwell
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Lamparelli
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D000328:Adult; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood
D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron