II. Indications
- Evaluation for Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Screening for Hemochromatosis
III. Physiology
- Indicator of total body iron stores
- Most reliable indicator other than Bone Marrow
- Acute phase reactant
IV. Interpretation: Normal
- Range: 18-300 ng/ml
V. Interpretation: Increased
- Inflammatory states
- Hyperthyroidism
- Liver disease (necrotic hepatocytes)
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Breast Cancer
- Neuroblastomas
- Hemochromatosis
- Iron Supplementation
- Still's Disease (very high, Ferritin >5000)
VI. Interpretation: Decreased
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| Definition (CHV) | a protein that stores iron |
| Definition (CHV) | a protein that stores iron |
| Definition (NCI) | An iron protein complex, containing up to 23% iron, formed by the union of ferric iron with apoferritin; it is found in the intestinal mucosa, spleen, bone marrow, reticulocytes, and liver, and regulates iron storage and transport from the intestinal lumen to plasma. |
| Definition (CSP) | iron containing protein complex that is formed by a combination of ferric iron with the protein apoferritin; one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body. |
| Definition (MSH) | Iron-containing proteins that are widely distributed in animals, plants, and microorganisms. Their major function is to store IRON in a nontoxic bioavailable form. Each ferritin molecule consists of ferric iron in a hollow protein shell (APOFERRITINS) made of 24 subunits of various sequences depending on the species and tissue types. |
| Concepts | Pharmacologic Substance (T121) , Biologically Active Substance (T123) , Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein (T116) |
| MSH | D005293 |
| SnomedCT | 32789000 |
| LNC | LP15568-6, MTHU004940 |
| English | Ferritin, Ferritins, ferritin (medication), hematinics ferritin, ferritin, Ferritins [Chemical/Ingredient], ferritins, Ferritin (substance) |
| Portuguese | Ferritinas |
| Spanish | Ferritinas, ferritina (sustancia), ferritina |
| Russian | ФЕРРИТИНЫ, FERRITINY |
| Italian | Ferritine, Ferritina |
| French | Ferritine, Ferritines |
| Swedish | Ferritiner |
| Czech | ferritin, ferritiny |
| Finnish | Ferritiinit |
| Japanese | フェリチン |
| Croatian | FERITIN |
| Polish | Ferrytyna, Ferrytyny |
| German | Ferritin |
