Iron

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Serum iron (laboratory medicine)

  • Diurnal variation
  • 30% Biological variation
  • Influenced by inflammation, diet
  • Detected by coupled enzymatic reaction which form coloured complexes -> photometry
  • Not used to determine iron status, ferritin and transferrin are used instead