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$28.00
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1 mg
Description
This panel contains the following tests: Iron, Serum, Iron Saturation, Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC), and Unsaturated Iron Binding Capacity (UIBC). Iron plays a principle role in the synthesis of red blood cells. It is necessary for proliferation of red cells and is required for hemoglobin production. Of the body’s normal 4 grams of iron, approximately 65% resides in red blood cells with a small amount also being found in muscle and in cellular enzymes throughout the body’s tissues.