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           TEST			     RESULT		UNIT	
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          FERRITIN		                    ng/ml  		
      				
COMMENTS  : 
Suggested reference range in ng/ml.
Adult Males (18-30 yrs. of age)	:		18.7  -  323.0
Adult Males (31-60 yrs. of age) :		16.4  -  293.9
Adult Females (Premenopausal)	:		 6.9  -  282.5
Adult Females (Postmenopausal)	:		14.0  -  233.1

Serum Ferritin can serve as an early indicator of iron deficiency that is uncomplicated by other concurrent conditions. At the same time a large number of chronic conditions can result in elevated levels of serum ferritin. These include chronic infections, chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease and some other malignancies, especially lymphomas, leukemias, breast cancer and neuroblastoma. In patients who have these chronic disorders together with iron deficiency, serum ferritin is observed in patients with viral hepatitis or after a toxic liver injury as a release of ferritin from the injured live cells. Elevated serum ferritin levels are found in patients with hemochromatosis and hemosidersis.
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