From the Medical Service, Robert Breck Brigham Hospital. Within the usually clear central area of the erythrocyte, there is a small island (bull's-eye) of hemoglobin, hence the resemblance to a target ...

Microcytic anemia is a condition in which the body’s tissues and organs do not get enough oxygen. This lack of oxygen can happen because the body does not have enough red blood cells, or because the ...

AN iron-deficiency anemia associated with chronic dysphagia and glossitis in women between forty and fifty years of age is now known as side-ropenic dysphagia. Historically, the entity has borne the ...