Because of the large quantities of venous blood required, assays of total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) and serum iron are often omitted in diagnostic tests involving small children. As an alternative to the conventional method of assessing TIBC, we developed a micromethod based on flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry (flameless AAS). Additionally, the standard microproc#{233}dure for d...

Original Article Background & objectives: To assess the nutritional iron status and anemia prevalence in rural children of Warangal district, A.P. INDIA. Methods: We have studied serum iron, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) relation ship in 50 rural children in the age group of 8-12 years. Results: As expected there was a highly significant increased levels of serum iron and a lower TIBC. The...

BACKGROUND Melasma is a common acquired disorder characterized by symmetric, hyperpigmented patches with an irregular outline, occurring most commonly on the face. It is most prevalent among young to middle-aged women. Although iron overload affects skin pigmentation, effect of iron deficiency on skin is not clear. So, we evaluated serum iron level, ferritin and total iron binding capacity (TIB...

BACKGROUND Pregnant women constitute a high risk group for iron deficiency. Maternal iron deficiency and particularly iron deficiency anaemia may be associated with detrimental effects on maternal and infant function and particularly with a higher risk of preterm delivery and delivery of low birth weight neonates. Objective of this study was to assess and compare the iron status of normal healt...

HE DETERMINATION of serum iron (Si) and serum total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) is increasing in importance as a routine clinical measurement, as well as in ferro-kinetic studies of a research nature. Although investigations in iron metabolism are often most conveniently performed in small laboratory animals, the experimental design of such studies has been cumbersome amId severely limited by ...

in borderline cases. The routine use of other biomar-ker assays, such as HFABP in conjunction with tGST activity, could provide complementary information on the potential allograft " viability ". This is illustrated by the fact that there was better segregation of donor categories (controlled vs uncontrolled) with HFABP than with tGST activity. This finding therefore warrants continued evaluati...

Objectives: (1) The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare levels ferritin, iron, total iron binding capacity (TIBC), hemoglobin (Hb) in cases controls (2) correlate these parameters with severity psoriasis. Methods: Iron-profile including serum TIBC, Hb evaluated 100 subjects, 50 (psoriatic) (normal healthy individuals). A preformed pro forma filled for each patient after taking wr...

In a previous study of secondary lead smelter workers (males), a significant prevalence of low hemoglobin levels (less than 14 g/100 ml) was found; a statistically significant negative correlation between hemoglobin and zinc protoporphyrin was also detected. In the present study serum iron (Fe) levels and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) were included in the investigation of 111 secondary lea...