Iron Deficiency vs. Anemia of Chronic Disease

	Iron Deficiency	Chronic Disease	Combined
Marrow Iron	Absent	Normal or High	Absent
Serum Ferritin	Low	Normal or High	Normal
Serum Iron	Low	Low	Low
TIBC	High	Low	Low
Trans. Sat.	Very Low	Low	Low
Trans. Recep.	High	Normal	not known
MCV	Low	Low or Normal	Low
RDW	High	High or Normal	High

Hematopathology ; Department of Pathology ; or Tulane University Medical Center .

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by Robert McLay