• 四川大學華西醫(yī)院放射科(四川成都 610041);

目的  總結不同測定人體鐵含量的方法及其應用。
方法  通過復習國內外相關文獻,分析測定人體鐵含量的方法以及各自的優(yōu)缺點。
結果  測定人體鐵含量的方法主要有實驗室檢查、病理學檢查、CT檢查、超導量子干涉設備(SQUID)及MRI。
結論  血清學檢查是最簡單和經(jīng)濟的體內鐵含量的測定方法,經(jīng)皮肝臟穿刺活檢依然是測量肝臟鐵含量(LIC)的金標準,影像學檢查,尤其是MRI有望成為LIC測定的主要方法。

引用本文: 劉丹,宋彬,袁放,唐鶴涵. 人體鐵含量的測定方法及其應用. 中國普外基礎與臨床雜志, 2012, 19(12): 1347-1351. doi: 復制

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45. Wood JC, Enriquez C, Ghugre N, et al. MRI R2 and R2* mappingaccurately estimates hepatic iron concentration in transfusion-dependent thalassemia and sickle cell disease patients[J]. Blood, 2005, 106(4):1460-1465.
46. St Pierre TG, Clark PR, Chua-Anusorn W. Single spin-echo protontransverse relaxometry of iron loaded-liver[J]. NMR Biomed,2004, 17(7): 446-458.
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49. Angelucci E, Giovagnoni A, Valeri G, et al. Limitations of magnetic resonance imaging in measurement of hepatic iron[J]. Blood, 1997, 90(12): 4736-4742.
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53. Tao R, Zhang J, Dai Y, et al. An in vitro and in vivo analysisof the correlation between susceptibility-weighted imaging phase values and R2* in cirrhotic livers[J]. PLoS One, 2012, 7(9): e45477.
54. Haacke EM, Miao Y, Liu M, et al. Correlation of putative iron content as represented by changes in R2* and phase with age in deep gray matter of healthy adults[J]. J Magn Reson Imaging, 2010, 32(3): 561-576.
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  4. 4. Rund D, Rachmilewitz E. Beta-thalassemia[J]. N Engl J Med, 2005, 353(11): 1135-1146.
  5. 5. Guyader D, Gandon Y. Quantification of iron overload[J]. Bull Acad Natl Med, 2000, 184(2):337-347.
  6. 6. Pakbaz Z, Fischer R, Fung E, et al. Serum ferritin underestimates liver iron concentration in transfusion independent thalassemia patients as compared to regularly transfused thalassemia and sickle cell patients[J]. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 2007, 49(3):329-332.
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  9. 9. Angelucci E, Brittenham GM, McLaren CE, et al. Hepatic iron concentration and total body iron stores in thalassemia major[J]. N Engl J Med, 2000, 343(5):327-331.
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  11. 11. Valberg LS, Simon JB, Manley PN, et al. Distribution of storage iron as body stores expand in patients with hemochromatosis[J]. J Lab Clin Med, 1975, 86(3):479-489.
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