Iron overload contributes to increased transplant-related mortality, and serum ferritin is typically used to detect iron overload. Other iron parameters have received limited attention. We studied ...

For absorption studies, the orally administered test solution consisted of radioactive ferrous citrate (Fe 59), usually about 8 microcuries, and carrier ferrous sulfate mixed in the desired ratio in 0 ...

March 29, 2005 — High intake of dietary iron in patients with elevated transferrin saturation increases the risk of cancer, according to the results of a cohort study published in the March/April ...

March 30, 2004 -- People who are at risk of iron overload because of elevated transferrin saturation levels and who ingest high levels of dietary iron have a mortality risk 2.9 times greater than ...