小兒の鉄代謝に関する研究 〔その1〕 小兒の血清鉄の臨床

Studies were made on the normal value of the serum iron in healthy school boys and girls, and on - the serum iron in children with various diseases. The results obtained were as follows; 1) The mean value of the serum iron in 18 school boys and 16 school girls were 83 r/dl and 92r/dl, but no significant difference was seen between both sexes. 2) It was observed that there was a correlation between the serum iron and the surum iron value x the red cell counts in healthy school boys and school girls, similiar to the Teramoto-reports in healthy adults. Therefore it is conjuctured that there is a warped correlation between the serum iron and the red cell counts. 3) Clinical studies were made on the serum iron in children with tuberculosis, blood disorders and infections. We have demonstrated hypoferremia only in acute phases of tuberculous meningitis, so-called Ekili and angina and only in severe conditions of rapid blood loss.such as in hemophilia. 4) From these results it may be said that "stress" and also cortical hormon might stimulate the retieulo-endothelial system to such an extent as to induce iron up-take, and consequently result in hypo-ferremia such as in infections and that also hypoferremia produced by the rapid blood loss might be due to a depletion of tissue iron stores