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- C Pochedly and S L May.
- Am Fam Physician. 1987 May 1; 35 (5): 195-200.
AbstractEven when simple iron deficiency is strongly suspected, the child with severe anemia deserves a careful and thorough work-up before treatment is begun. Many other possible causes of anemia need to be excluded. No one test specifically identifies iron deficiency, but the combined use of several tests of iron status can establish iron deficiency with certainty. Hemoglobin level, mean corpuscular volume, serum iron, total iron binding capacity, free erythrocyte porphyrin and serum ferritin are the important studies.
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