title: [The coefficient of saturation of iron in transferrin].
abstract: Theoretical iron fixation capacity of transferrin (FCT) can be calculated on its immunochemical titration: (FCT (mumol/l = transferrin (g/l) x 25). Today, its reckoning is more advisable to serum total iron binding capacity measurement. The authors studied the effects of this new proceeding upon usual values interval of transferrin saturation (i.e. serum iron/FCT ratio). The mean value and the distribution of transferrin saturation appear displaced with regard to those achieved by chemical measurement of serum total iron binding capacity. We discuss interpretation of transferrin saturation related to its methods of determination and its semiological interest.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale B, Hôpital Sud, Rennes.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dezier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vernet
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Damour
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guillemin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Treut
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plomteux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pressac
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Revenant
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rymer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011485:Protein Binding; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014168:Transferrin; D007501:Iron
vernacular_title: A propos du coefficient de saturation en fer de la transferrine.