Ferritin

Key points

• Ferritin is an intracellular protein that binds iron and stores it to be released in a controlled fashion at sites where iron is required.
• Ferritin is an intracellular protein that binds iron and stores it
• to be released in a controlled fashion at sites where iron is
• This is typically defined as > 300 µg/L in men/postmenopausal
• women and > 200 µµg/L in premenopausal women.