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How best to diagnose iron-deficiency anemia in patients with inflammatory disease?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2012)The serum ferritin level is the most sensitive and specific initial laboratory test for iron- deficiency anemia (IDA) in patients with inflammation. Serum ferritin levels <45 ng/dL confirm IDA, and levels of ≥100 ng/dL ...