Table 5.

Laboratory measurements for the diagnosis of iron deficiency.

  • Screening

    1. Hemoglobin

    2. Transferrin saturation

    3. Mean corpuscular volume

    4. Percentage hypochromic erythrocytes

    5. Reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHr)

    6. Zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP)

  • Definitive

    1. Storage iron

      • Serum ferritin

      • Bone marrow hemosiderin

    2. Tissue iron

      • Serum transferrin receptor (sTfR)

 

  • Screening

    1. Hemoglobin

    2. Transferrin saturation

    3. Mean corpuscular volume

    4. Percentage hypochromic erythrocytes

    5. Reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHr)

    6. Zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP)

  • Definitive

    1. Storage iron

      • Serum ferritin

      • Bone marrow hemosiderin

    2. Tissue iron

      • Serum transferrin receptor (sTfR)

 
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