A.I. Germanov. “Non-hemoglobin iron of blood serum in the practice of internal diseases”. Kuibyshev-region, 1962, 120 pages

In the domestic literature, this is the first monograph introducing a practitioner to the study of iron metabolism in the clinic of internal diseases. The book summarizes 10 years of experience of the team led by prof. A.I. Germanov. In the chapters introductory to clinical pathology, the current state of the issue of iron metabolism in the human body, the diagnostic value of determining non-hemoglobin iron in blood serum are summarized in a concise form. Very carefully, with all practical instructions, the methodology for the study of serum iron according to Barkan is presented. The chapter on the normal content of non-hemoglobin iron in blood serum has been supplemented with statistically processed data from the clinic staff on significant material with the inclusion of the results of resorption curves (with a load according to M.S. Dultsin) and the value of the latter in a more in-depth study of iron metabolism is shown.