title: Iron saturation of ferritin in the course of phlebotomy treatment in patients with haemochromatosis.
abstract: This paper describes the iron saturation of ferritin in haemochromatosis patients during phlebotomy therapy. The iron saturation of ferritin does not change during therapy and cannot be used as a parameter to follow therapy. Furthermore, the iron saturation seems to be a constant characteristic of a given person. It does not vary with the body iron stores in patients with haemochromatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen/Brunssum, The Netherlands. j.tenkate@GOZL.nl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: ten Kate
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marell
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huizinga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kreeftenberg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Deursen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018962:Phlebotomy
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron