A COMPARISON OF THE PLASMA IRON, IRON-BINDING CAPACITY, STERNAL MARROW IRON AND OTHER METHODS IN THE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF IRON STORES
Authors: E BEUTLER, M J ROBSON, E BUTTENWIESER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 January 1958A COMPARISON OF THE PLASMA IRON, IRON-BINDING CAPACITY, STERNAL MARROW IRON AND OTHER METHODS IN THE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF IRON STORESE. BEUTLER, M.D., M. J. ROBSON, B.S., E. BUTTENWIESER, B.S.E. BEUTLER, M.D., M. J. ROBSON, B.S., E. BUTTENWIESER, B.S.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-1-60 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCorrect evaluation of the iron stores helps the clinician to distinguish the anemia of iron deficiency from that of chronic infection, renal disease and cancer. It makes possible a presumptive diagnosis of hemochromatosis. We have recently reviewed methods of evaluating the iron stores.1 Several of these appear to have considerable merit, and it is unfortunate that they have been neglected by most physicians.The most direct method of assessing the iron stores is the examination of fragments of sternal bone marrow for stainable iron. Although on occasion this method may give misleading results, it has been found to be highly...Bibliography1. Beutler E: The clinical evaluation of iron stores, New England J. Med. 256: 692-697, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. RathFinch CECA: Sternal marrow hemosiderin, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 33: 81-86, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. DavidsonJennison WMRF: The relationship between iron storage and anaemia, J. Clin. Path. 5: 281-285, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Hutchison HE: The significance of stainable iron in sternal marrow sections, Blood 8: 236-248, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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