[Determination of the iron-binding capacity and transferrin in blood]. / Opredelenie zhelezosviazyvaiushchei sposobnosti i transferrina v syvorotke krovi.

Though the total iron-binding activity of the blood serum directly depends on blood serum transferrin level, these are different parameters. It is possible to measure transferrin levels with direct estimation of the share of this protein saturation with iron without preliminary measurement of the total iron-binding activity of the blood serum. The degree of transferrin saturation with iron is virtually unrelated to the results of its measurement by various immunochemical methods.