Author:
Novembrino Cristina,Porcella Antonella,Conte Dario,de Vecchi Amedeo F.,Buccianti Gherardo,Lonati Silvia,Duca Lorena,Ciani Alberto,Bamonti-Catena Fabrizia
Abstract
AbstractTogether with serum ferritin, erythrocyte ferritincan be a valuable diagnostic tool for evaluating the degree of impaired iron metabolism in different diseases. We collected peripheral blood samples from 64 subjects (22 healthy volunteers, 20 patients with hereditary hemochromatosis, and 22 patients on regular hemodialysis with secondary anemia) to evaluate whether an immunoenzymatic method generally used for serum ferritin can also be used to determine erythrocyte ferritin levels under various conditions of body iron status. Serum and erythrocyte ferritin levels were assayed in parallel using a microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA) IMx-Ferritin kit and an IMx analyzer. The inter-assay imprecision of the serum and erythrocyte ferritin assays was 4.9% and 5.05%, the intra-assay imprecision was 2.2% and 2.3%, and the mean recovery was 102% (range 96–105%) and 101% (range 99–105%), respectively. Both serum and erythrocyte ferritin assays showed a detection limit of 1μg/L and good linearity (R
Subject
Biochemistry (medical),Clinical Biochemistry,General Medicine
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