AUTHOR=Nashwan Abdulqadir J. , Yassin Mohamed A. , Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Izham , Abdul Rahim Hanan F. , Shraim Mujahed TITLE=Iron Overload in Chronic Kidney Disease: Less Ferritin, More T2*MRI JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.865669 DOI=10.3389/fmed.2022.865669 ISSN=2296-858X ABSTRACT=

To date, there is no consensus on the most reliable marker of iron status in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Serum ferritin is used routinely, although it may be a misleading marker for iron overload. The success of T2* MRI in monitoring iron overload in patients with hemoglobinopathies can be beneficial to monitoring patients with CKD.