title: [Reference values of the ferritin concentration in the serum in children].
abstract: Concentrations of ferritin were determined using the luminescence enhanced enzyme immunoassay method in serum of 272 (male = 148, female = 124) "healthy" children. The ferritin concentration in children is age dependent. The newborn values (140.1-673.8 micrograms/l, 95% confidence interval) decrease until the end of the first year and stabilize thereafter in a sex specific fashion: male means = 31.90 micrograms/l (95% confidence interval: 14.0-72.2 micrograms/l), female means = 39.23 micrograms/l (95% confidence interval: 16.1-79.9 micrograms/l).
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Kinderklinik Bonn.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liappis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schlebusch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron
vernacular_title: Referenzwerte der Ferritin-Konzentration im Serum von Kindern.