[Comparative characterization of iron metabolism in primiparous and multiparous women]. / Sravnitel'naia kharakteristika obmena zheleza u malo- i mnogorozhavshikh zhenshchin.

Comparative assessment of iron metabolism in the population of multiparas and grand multiparas indicates that the latter are at risk to develop iron-deficiency anemia. Ferrokinetic parameters in both populations evidence iron deficiency, especially in grand multiparas. As shown by ferritin assays in the serum, body iron in the grand multiparas is 15.5 times less than that in healthy nonpregnant women. In grand multiparas iron deficiency presented in light and moderate degrees.

[A comparative study of the effectiveness of iron preparations in the treatment of iron deficiency anemias in pregnant women]. / Sravnitel'naia otsenka éffektivnosti preparatov zheleza pri lechenii zhelezodefitsitnoi anemii u beremennykh.

Efficacies of ferroplex, conferon, and feramide in the treatment of pregnant patients with iron-deficiency anemia were compared. Ferroplex proved to be the most effective. Therapy with this drug brought about the best correction of iron metabolism parameters. Feramide was the least effective agent. The efficacy of iron preparations depends on the ionic form of this metal and the combination of iron with the agents conducive to its better absorption in the gastrointestinal tract.

[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.

[Indices of iron metabolism in newborn infants and children in the 1st year of life]. / Pokazateli obmena zheleza u novorozhdennykh i detei pervogo goda zhizni.

Biochemical parameters of iron metabolism have been examined in 36 newborns born to mothers with normal iron metabolism and in 58 healthy children aged under one year. Normal values of serum iron, serum transferrin and ferritin, and of transferrin saturation with iron in newborns and infants aged under one are presented.