Open AccessSignificance of Ferritin in Recurrent Oral Ulceration
Author(s) -
M S Palaneeswari,
Arti Devi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/7472.4091
Subject(s) - ferritin , iron deficiency , medicine , gastroenterology , serum ferritin , serum iron , anemia
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Hence, the sensitive test which can be used for diagnosing iron deficiency anaemia is estimation of ferritin in serum. One of the causative factors of oral ulceration is nutritional deficiency, which includes iron also.