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.
IRON PANEL | Serum iron | Transferrin and TIBC | Transferrin saturation | Ferritin | Transferrin receptor | Related tests | |
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Hb | MCV | ||||||
Iron deficiency anemia | |||||||
Iron overload (hemochromatosis) |
* | Normal | |||||
Anemia of chronic disease | * | * | |||||
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) | Normal | ||||||
Thalassemia | |||||||
Sideroblastic anemia | * | ||||||
Megaloblastic anemia | |||||||
Hemolytic anemia | * | * | * | * | |||
Pregnancy or use of hormonal contraception |
Normal |
* = or normal.