The use of (111In) indium for studying erythropoietic activity by scanning procedure has been investigated. ‘In scans have been compared with 59Fe surface counts and 52Fe scans in patients with various haematological conditions. Only in two of three patients with myelofibrosis was the activity of indium and iron similar; in all other patients, irrespective of the underlying disease, the two substances differed in their distribution in the body. By contrast, there was no discernible difference in the behaviour of ‘Fe and 59Fe. It is concluded that indium cannot be relied on as an alternative to iron isotopes for ferrokinetic studies.
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