Serum Ferritin Levels of Steady State Sickle Cell Anaemia Children in Enugu Southeast Nigeria
Chizoma I. Eneh, Chinweoke A. Nwankwo & Juliet C. Ihuoma · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2023
Background: Serum ferritin(SF), an indicator of body iron stores may be elevated for reasons such as inflammation, chronic haemolysis, and multiple transfusions which all occur frequently in sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients. Serum ferritin values above 30 µg/dl(300ng/ml) have b...
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10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i125031