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Serum Lactoferrin in Leukaemia and Polycythaemia vera
Author(s) -
MALMQUIST JÖRGEN
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1972.tb00945.x
Subject(s) - polycythaemia , lactoferrin , myelocytic leukemia , medicine , chronic myeloid leukaemia , polycythemia vera , immunology , chemistry , leukemia , biochemistry
Lactoferrin is an iron‐binding protein present in various secretions as well as in the neutrophilic granulocyte series. A radioimmunodiffusion method has been used for the measurement of this protein in serum. Normal sera contain up to 3.5 mg/l of lactoferrin. Elevated concentrations were encountered in patients with chronic myelocytic leukaemia and polycythaemia vera.