Review Article

Ferritin in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease: Just a Useful Innocent Bystander?

Table 1

Diseases in which ferritin levels increase or decrease.

Ferritin levels increaseFerritin levels decrease

Adult-Onset Still’s Disease [2]Anemia [4]
Rheumatoid arthritis [5]Restless leg syndrome [6]
Macrophage activation syndrome [7]Neuroferritinopathy [8]
Multiple sclerosis [9]Vitamin C deficiency
Haemochromatosis [1012]Celiac disease [13]
Haemosiderosis [1012]Hypothyroidism [14]
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis [15, 16]
Diabetes [17]
Hepatitis C infection [17, 18]
Glomerular diseases [19]
Hyperferritinemia cataract syndrome [20]
Chronic blood transfusions [21]
Non-HIV infections [22]
Malignancies [22]
Type 1 Gaucher’s disease [23]