CellWell record HH-46186
Serum ferritin as an indicator of iron status: what do we need to know?
Daru J; Colman K; Stanworth SJ; De La Salle B; Wood EM; Pasricha SR
The American journal of clinical nutrition ยท 2017
In plain language
This review describes serum ferritin as the most widely used indicator of iron status but notes wide variation in diagnostic cutoffs and limited data establishing its accuracy in pregnant women and young children.
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