Unsaturated iron-binding capacity (UIBC)

CDT Medicus

ClinicLab

Dom Lekarski
Waiting time for the result up to 5 days

Przebadani

Synevo
- Test description
UIBC - latent iron binding capacity is the pool of transferrin in the circulation that, at the time of testing, was not bound to iron ions iron. In healthy individuals, transferrin saturation with iron is 20-40%. The test is useful in the diagnosis of disorders of iron metabolism Iron and in assessing the body's nutrition. Together with the determination of of other parameters allows to differentiate between anemias microcytic, iron poisoning and hemochromatosis.