A preliminary study of iron absorption by whole body counting and correlation with DFO excretion
Gupta, M.M.; Manchanda, R.; Bhattacharyya, L.; Bhargva, M.; Kumar, S.; Gupta, N.K.; Bhola, G.C.; Nagaratnam, A.
Nuclear-Medizin 14(1): 74-80
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-5566 PMID: 806899 Document Number: 93611
A preliminary study of iron absorption by whole body counting was carried on a group of 16 women. The cases included 8 patients suffering from iron deficiency anaemia and various infections as well as 8 healthy controls. High iron absorption is associated with iron deficiency, these changes being more marked in iron deficient controls than in those with infection or malignancy. In iron deficient controls results of whole body counting correlate very well with other haematological investigations.