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D H Parry, M Worwood, A Jacobs.
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In patients with acute myeloblastic leukaemia the mean serum ferritin concentration showed a twenty-five-fold increase compared with normal people, and in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (A.L.L.) there was a thirteen-fold increase. The high concentration of circulating ferritin seemed to be related to increased synthesis by leukaemic cells. The return of serum concentrations to normal in A.L.L. patients after successful chemotherapy suggested that ferritin concentration may be a useful index of active disease and may help in prognosis.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1053932 PMCID: PMC1672022 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5952.245
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J ISSN: 0007-1447