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Myoglobin Depletion in Childhood Iron Deficiency
Author(s) -
Hargreaves R. M.,
Street M.,
Hoy T.,
Jacobs A.,
McLaren C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1981.tb02807.x
Subject(s) - myoglobin , iron deficiency , medicine , anemia , chemistry , biochemistry
S ummary . Serum concentrations of myoglobin are significantly lower in iron‐deficient than in non‐iron‐deficient children. In the iron‐deficient subjects there is a correlation between haemoglobin concentration and serum myoglobin suggesting that the synthesis of both haem compounds is affected in parallel. No abnormality of serum myoglobin concentration was found in adults with iron deficiency anaemia.