Iron tests
Medical diagnostic method
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Iron tests are groups of clinical chemistry laboratory blood tests that are used to evaluate body iron stores or the iron level in blood serum.
| Iron tests | |
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| Purpose | evaluate iron level |
Other terms used for the same tests are iron panel, iron profile, iron indices, iron status or iron studies.
Tests
- Serum iron
- Serum ferritin
- Serum transferrin
- Total iron-binding capacity (TIBC)
- Transferrin saturation
- Unsaturated iron-binding capacity (UIBC)
- Transferrin receptor (TfR)
Related tests
- Complete blood count (CBC), especially:
- Hemoglobin, EVF or total red blood cells (RBC count)
- Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
- Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) or MCHC
Diagnosis
| IRON PANEL | Serum iron | Serum transferrin | TIBC | Transferrin saturation | Serum ferritin | Transferrin receptor |
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| Iron overload (hemochromatosis) |
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| Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) | |
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| Thalassemia | |
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| Sideroblastic anemia | |
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| Megaloblastic anemia | |
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| Hemolytic anemia | / |
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See also
- Reference ranges for blood tests § Ions and trace metals, for reference ranges for tests above