title: [Erythrocyte ferritin].
abstract: Red cell ferritin is a residue of erythroblast ferritin. It reflects the balance between the iron supply to the erythroid marrow and the need for haemoglobin synthesis. Erythrocyte ferritin can be measured in haemolysates after discarding plasma and leucocytes by different methods. The decrease in erythrocyte ferritin content indicates manifest iron deficiency anaemia. Ferritin levels do not appear to be influenced by inflammation, infection, tissue necrosis or tumors and may be a reliable indicator of iron status in inflammatory diseases. Erythrocyte ferritin is markedly increased in patients with iron overload allowing early diagnosis of hereditary haemochromatosis and the monitoring of phlebotomy therapy. Finally, in some pathologies erythrocyte assay is a more reliable indicator of the iron status than serum ferritin.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de chimie hématologique, Centre régional de transfusion sanguine et d'hématologie, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guillemin
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Revenant
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vernet
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dezier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charlier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pressac
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000097:blood; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins
vernacular_title: La ferritine érythrocytaire.