Microcytic anemia is a blood disorder in which the red blood cells are too small due to a lack of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin, an iron-rich protein, binds to oxygen, delivering it throughout the body. With ...

THE typical case of spontaneously occurring pyridoxine-responsive anemia in human beings has been characterized by hypochromic, microcytic red cells, normoblastic proliferation in the bone marrow, ...

Iron deficiency is the result of long-term negative iron stores and is defined as a condition in which there are no mobilizable iron stores and signs of compromised iron supply to the tissues and the ...

News host Keltie Knight, aged 42, has bravely unveiled her battle with microcytic anaemia, a rare blood disorder, and the consequential decision to undergo a hysterectomy. Her candid revelations shed ...

A 50-year-old man presented with persistent hyperferritinemia (serum ferritin, 1500–2100 ng/ml; reference range [RR], 30–400 ng/ml), elevated serum iron level (300 µg/dl; RR, 60–170 µg/dl), and ...

In a 20-year-old female patient with small-bowel Crohn's disease with mild microcytic anemia and low serum ferritin, is it reasonable to treat with a total dose infusion of parenteral iron if she is ...

Edmonton-born TV host Keltie Knight has been living with a chronic illness for almost a decade. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images) Keltie Knight opened up ...

Red blood cell distribution width coefficient of variation may be a useful clinical biomarker for detecting tubular injury in patients with type 2 diabetes. Red blood cell distribution width ...

HEREDITARY leptocytosis (Mediterranean anemia) is a disease seldom described in the Chinese race. Most of the cases reported in this group have been of the severe form of the disease, that is, ...