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<p><strong><u>Clinical Use</u></strong><strong>:</strong> Ferritin, a major iron storage protein, is essential to iron homeostasis.<br /> In clinical medicine ferritin is predominantly utilized as a marker of total body iron stores.<br />In cases of iron deficiency and overload, serum ferritin serves as critical role im both diagnosis and iron deficiency and overload, <br />serum ferritin serves as critical role in boath diagnosis and management.<br /> Ferritin level higher than normal limits may indicates iron overload hemochromatosis, thalassemia, sideroblastic anaemia, pulmonary infection, osteomyelitis,</p>
<p>Chronic UTI, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, burns, collagen diseases,hepatic diseases, acute myloblastic &amp; Lymphoblastic leukemia,<br /> Hodgkins, disease, breast carcinoma, and chronic renal failure. Ferritin level lower than normal limit indicate iron deficiency. &nbsp;</p>