Iron Deficiency Anemia in Adult Onset Still's Disease with a Serum Ferritin of 26,387 μg/L

Serum ferritin rises in the anemia of chronic inflammation reflecting increased iron storage and other changes mediated by inflammation. When iron deficiency coexists, the ferritin may not always decline into the subnormal range. We describe the rare interaction of iron deficiency with the extreme h...

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Main Authors: Sheetal Patel, Seyed Monemian, Ayesha Khalid, Harvey Dosik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Anemia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/184748