[Dynamics of serum ferritin level at various points in the course of acute leukemia]

Dynamics of serum ferritin levels was studied in 87 adult patients with varying forms of acute leukemia at different stages of the disease development (the first attack, complete and non-complete remission, the first and second relapse, terminal stage). A direct correlation has been established between ferritin concentration and the disease course phase. It has been shown that ferritin is a universal criterion for the evaluation of leukemia process activity useful for all forms of acute leukemia: lymphoblastic, non-lymphoblastic and low-percent.