Introduction: Anemia in pregnancy is a significant public health problem especially in developing countries. Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy may lead to increased risks of preterm delivery, Low birth weight and still birth. This study was undertaken to detect iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women referring to health care centers of Eslamshahr/Iran. Method: In this study, 266 selected pre...

OBJECTIVE To determine the diagnostic accuracy of serum iron and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) in detection of iron deficiency. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive, analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Chemical Pathology and Endocrinology, from January 2013 to October 2015. METHODOLOGY Data of 1,815 patients with results of serum iron, TIBC and ferritin from January 2013 ...

a total number of 124 women of childbearing age attending a family planning clinic in teheran were investigated for the effects of contraceptive steroids and the intra-terine device on their hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, serum iron and serum tibc. a total of 42 women were used as control group of 42 women who were fitted with an intra-uterine device, 17 were studied for changes ...

In studies of ferritin induction, liver slices failed to respond favorably to iron added directly to the suspending medium unless serum was added. The addition of 5 , g Fe/mi to slices in who!e serum accelerated the incorporation of radioleucine into ferritin 2.5fold. The favorable effect of serum on iron-induced ferritin synthesis was correlated with its attenuation of the toxic effects of the...

The serum iron concentration and Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) status of 24 patients of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) were compared with the findings of 13 healthy subjects. OSCC was found to have association with low serum iron level. More patients were found to be with significantly lower iron content in serum (p<0.05). But no association between serum TIBC and increased risk of ca...

Iron and zinc are found in similar foods and absorption of both may be affected by food compounds, thus biochemical iron and zinc status may be related. This cross-sectional study aimed to: (1) describe dietary intakes and biochemical status of iron and zinc; (2) investigate associations between dietary iron and zinc intakes; and (3) investigate associations between biochemical iron and zinc st...

Background: It is clear that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a spiral bacterium that infects human and causes gastritis and peptic ulcer. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between H .pylori infection and the iron status of the body. Methods: This study was conducted in Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran from August 2007 to July...

Most of the techniques for measuring iron stores such as serum iron concentration, iron binding capacity, serum ferritin level, liver biopsy can be troublesome or invasive for patients with thalassemia. The salivary iron measurement could be of potential advantage being an easy and non invasive approach for diagnosis of iron deficiency and iron overload . The aim of this study was to compare th...

background: iron deficiency is the most frequent cause of nutrition problems around the world. this investigation performed in order to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency in the last three months of pregnancy in women who referred to the kerman health centers, in 1999. methods: the sample size was estimated 350 based on a pilot study. the sampling technique was cluster random sampling ...

A mouse model of human disease was recently described by Bemstein I1 I . Hypotransferrinaernic mice have 5O-fold decreased serum transfenin levels, hypochromic. riiicrocytic (iron deficient) anaemia but develop liver iron overload I1.21. These mice parallel for the rare human disease atrmsferrlnaemia 13.41 and may be a useful model for hiiman iron overload disorders. Great interest is currently...