Quantitative Determination of Non-Haem Iron and Ferritin Iron in Bone Marrow Using Flameless Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. A Comparative Study on the Cytological and Chemical Determination of the Bone Marrow Iron Content

The ferritin-iron concentration was also determined and a CVdupi0 of 11% was found. The ferritin iron concentration increased with an increasing total iron content until Saturation of ferritin appeared to be reached at about 3 g ferritin per kg protein. It was concluded that the quantitative determination of bone marrow iron can be of value in the diagnosis and investigation of both hypoand hyper-ferraemic disorders.