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Old Mon Oct 29, 2012, 09:26 PM
teo teo is offline
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Ferritin, Vit-B12 & Folate tests

Thanks Birgitta-A .

Actually one thing puzzle me about my mom's ferritin, the blood was taken at the same time but the results from 2 labs showing significant different results. One from the specialist hospital was 4877ug/L and the other was sent to outside pathology, the ferritin was 3082ug/L.

I saw some threads mentioning about the difference in the results might be caused by person that handling the test but based on my mom's results (blood taken same time), it showed too significant results.

FYI. According to the HB tests as below, comment from the hematologist is my mom's has no evident of thalassaemia, nor of any haemoglobinopathy.

Test results (HB electrophoresis) :
Ferritin : 3092ug/L
Haemoglobin A2 : 2.7% (1.5 -4.0)
Haemoglobin F : 0.4% (< 1.6)

Serum Folate : 53.4 nmol/L (> 5.7)
Serum Vit-B12 : 731pmol/L (>185)

My mom's has detailed blood test again in the state hospital last week, we will check how is the outcome from them soon.
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Teo, son to Goh, age 71 dx mightbe MDS with low HB & RBC Jan 2012; FE 7755 on Nov 2014 - 6*500mg ferriprox; BT every month since Feb 2012; BMB done July 2013 - no conclusive evidence of MDS or PRCA; EPO stopped Nov 2013; Danazol 200mg*2 starts Nov 2013 + cyclosporine 25mg*4 starts June 2015

Last edited by teo : Wed Oct 31, 2012 at 10:24 PM.
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