[Iron content of the blood and saturation of serum transferrin with iron as affected by roentgen rays].

Total-body X-irradiation of rabbits with a dose of 4.5 Gy caused appreciable changes in the iron content of blood and iron saturation of blood serum transferrin over a period from 30 min to 30 days. The pattern of changes in the indices under study depended upon the time lapsed after irradiation.